Spent 4 nights & 3 days on this island. There is quite a few places to stay but they have managed to keep much of the flora and fauna intact. I stayed at Tree House Bungalows that has built cool wooden huts either on the beach or in the bush, depending on how much you want to spend. I got the hut in the bush as it was only $15usd per night, had it`s own shower and toilet and a balcony.
They are an eco friendly resort so there is a lot of animals in and around the hut. There is a sign in the hut saying do not be afraid of the lizards as they eat the mosquitos but holy shit these things are 25cm long with the girth of a babies arm. Takes you back a bit when you get in the shower and one is on the wall staring at you or you wake up in the morning and there is one on the inside of the window.
Great place to stay, only 150 metres from the first beach, has a great bar/restaurant and so relaxing (because my life is so hard at the moment, hahaha).
Getting here was a mission though. From Phnom Penh takes 6 hours by bus then about 45 minutes by boat. I have found in Cambodia, if they say it takes 4 hours it will take 6. You catch the boat from a place called Sihanoukville, which should be called shitville. It is like they found an old rubbish dump and said "let`s build a town here". I have never seen so much rubbish ever. Talking to the locals and they explained that 90% of the rubbish is from the Chinese development here. Apparently the Cambodian government welcomes the Chinese as they believe this will help the country. Unfortunately everything that the Chinese build is exclusive for them, so it will not help the Cambodian people at all.
This featured blog entry was written by Geete01 from the blog The Weidenblog.
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