Our share taxi journey from Phnom Phen to Sihanoukville was possibly the most entertaining local transport to date. We were fit into a '99 Toyota Camry with 5 other people. That's 4 in the back and 3 in the front - including 2 in the drivers seat. That's right. The one on his phone is driving.
We found this both hilarious and impressive.. We switched to a different taxi halfway, and this man got 8 people into his Camry. 4 in back, 4 in front. Wild.
After a quick boat ride we arrived in quiet Koh Rong Samloem. This beautiful island was also quite strange as it consists of only resorts- there was no Cambodian village on this part of the island, so there's no Cambodian culture. This gives it sort of an artificial feeling, and it's quite expensive, but we had a good time.
The most expensive room we've had all trip.. $30/night
The plus side of having only resorts and most of them pretty new, is that the designs were great. There were tons of swings and treehouses to hang out on.
We spent most of our time at Lazy Beach (a 40 minute walk thru the jungle) hanging with some Polish friends we met in Laos. We all went for a night swim and found phosphorescent plankton, which we have encountered throughout the Thai islands, but this time it was crazy bright! Hard to explain and even harder to photograph, but here is a shot from online to give you an idea. When you swim, it seems like your arms and legs are on fire..
We moved on next to Koh Rong, the 'backpacker party island'. We stayed only a couple nights. Spent time with a friend from Belgium we also met in Laos, hung on the beach, & found some boulders to play on before heading back to the mainland.
Fishing village on the other side of the island.
For Trainor:
That's the emerald green ocean in the background!
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