Shianoukville and Bamboo Island

Arrived in Shianoukville and thought I would treat myself to a nice bungalow on the beach for a couple of days to relax. I found a nice place with ocean views and a hammock for $30/night was only avaliable for 1 night, as it is TET new year everthing is really busy and lots of accomodation is full so it was going to be hard to find somewhere to stay the next night. I found a place offering boat trips to Bamboo Island including accomodation for $25 return decided that would be easire than looking for a place on the mainland. Had a great day on the beach in Shianoukville it was so nice to be back on the coast! I didnt realise how much I had missed it! I spent the day on a deckchair reading, eating seafood and getting massaged having pedicure and swimming. The beach was very beautiful but quite touristy and there was a bit of rubbish in the water, especially down one end, very sad but most places I have visited so far there is lots of litter thrown everywhere. In the evening the length of the beach is full of restaurants serving fresh BBQ seafood, I ate a delicious grilled snapper and sat back feeling the waves at my feet. In the morning I got a boat out to Bamboo Island, was about an hour trip, we stopped for some snorkelling along the way and saw some beautiful fish. On the island there were max 10 Bungalows right on the beach, it was busy with day trippers but mannaged to find a little beach all to myself where I read and swam all day. By the evening most tourists had gone and the island was so quiet it was beautiful, I sat under the stars and ate some fresh seafood chatting to a lovely swiss couple about motorbike adventures in Cambodia. In the morning I woke up and jumped straight into the ocean then ate banana pancakes for breakfast so good! I could have stayed for days but visa for Vietnam started already and very excited to get there. I got back to mainland and booked minibus for the morning to Ha Tien which is just over the border in Vietnam.


View From my Bungalow, Sihanoukville Beach, Beach Cat, Sunset on Main Beach, Bungalows on Bamboo Island, My Private Beach, Bamboo Island.