| Friday, August 03, 2007 |
| To the Cambodian coast and back again |
 For the week I had between my Japanese visa expiring and meeting up with the PEPY staff, I cruised around a bit of southern Cambodia. Started in Sihanoukville, the beach resort city. The beaches were littered, everything is a bit run-down, and it wasn't a warm fuzzy place to be. The popular place to stay is near Serendipity Beach, which is decent. Along the beachfront, there is a line drawn in water: foreigners in one area, Khmer in the next. Skin color aside, it's easier to tell by what people are or aren't wearing, as most Khmer swim in all their clothing, usually just whatever they are wearing that day. It's a popular destination for wealthier families from Phnom Penh to escape for the weekend. Anywhere there is sand, there are little kids selling bracelets and trinkets and they are experts at hassling and hustling. I had a few friends that were pickpocketed by the roving gangs of cuteness. Kawaii with a bite, apparently.
Every tourist beach in Asia seems to offer the same boat tour, and I sign up every time: $10 to feel seasick, swim, do a bit of snorkeling, walk through some forest/jungle/marshland, get rained on, and have a nice lunch complete with just-caught fish. There are also some beautiful waterfalls outside of town, and I had a very friendly (if not overcharging) moto driver who chatted with me the whole way there.
 Serendipity appeals to the backpacker crowd, but in low season, there are as many people as bars and the nightlife resembles Okayama's: dead. But at least Okayama has far less hookers. The prostitutes couldn't find business at any of the sparsely-populated bars and looked quite angry. I spent time with some Aussies and a pack of beautiful Danish missionaries, and took off for Kampot after a few nights.
 A chili, a wave, and a footprint... and a little bit of garbage in the sand. Won't be back again, Sihanoukville. |
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