Life in the Fast Lane: CAMBODIA: Sihanoukville (July 18th

For our last stop in Cambodia we headed south to the coastal town of Sihanoukville. This was an awesome little beach town that gave us the opportunity to just relax and kick back for a couple days. The main beach in front of our hotel was nice, but very crowded and full of hawkers that would swarm you the moment you set foot on the sand, so we found a private beach in front of a resort just a little to the north. Much quieter, and we were able to swim without having to keep an eye on our belongings at all times. We went back to our hotel for a quick meal and had a quiet movie watching night in the room.

The morning we went with our guide William to check out another quiet, secluded beach to the south called Otres Beach. The cool part was that instead of stopping at the top part of the beach where the other tourists were, William told our Tuk Tuk drivers to keep going down the muddy road/path that followed the beach south. He claimed there was a small bungalow restaurant/bar at the very end that no one knew about. After about ten minutes, even our Tuk Tuk drivers stopped and tried to argue to turn around because they didn’t think there was anything down there…..but sure enough. The path finally came to a dead end and there was a little hut called Wonderland, owned by a young Khmer fellow. There were a few bungalow beds on the beach, some thatched beach chairs, and a couple hammocks. It was the kind of place off the beaten path that makes you forget there is civilization elsewhere in the world. We had the entire place to ourselves for the day. When we got back to town we went and got some $9 massages before heading back to the hotel.

That night we ate dinner at the pub/restaurant in the front of our hotel and played some pub trivia for a few hours with our group and some of the locals before calling it a night.