Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville wasn't what I expected, I had heard stories about it being full of drunken backpackers and lots of partying and that the beaches were damaged in the recent typhoon, so I was quite suprised to get there and find it pretty quiet with some amazing beaches. 

Sihanoukville is a small town made up of lots of beaches around the headland with a massive port at one end and lots of small fishing boats speeding around. The town has a few different parts that has lots of backpacker bars and resturants but I guess its not peak season yet as it was quite quiet in the evenings.  I hired a moped for the 2 days as I thought this was the best way to get around the beaches and its far too hot to cycle.  Mopeds are defo the way to go, almost considering trading my speedy bike in for one when I get home! 

The water was really warm and very calm so I spent a lot of time just floating around in the sea which was very blue and white sand my favourite beach was Sukhoa, although a massive hotel had claimed most of the beach as part of the hotel, so you couldn't go in all of it, there was a public bit which was lovely and quiet to sit on, just some men fishing and a few tourists and amazing sunsets!  Perfect to spend a few days just relaxing by the sea.  On our last evening we attempted a pub crawl along the beach but we didn't get very far as the sea came in and we ended up climbing across the rocks to get from bar to bar so just gave up, but lovely to sit in a bar and watch the sea come in.