After nosotros bid farewell to household unit of measurement together with friends inwards Vancouver together with left the North American wintertime behind, nosotros had a busy four days of go ahead of us. We cause down flew to Hong Kong, where nosotros spent a black (we literally arrived at the hotel at 10pm together with headed off to the airdrome at 6am the side past times side morning), thence flew on to Bangkok, where nosotros spent some other night. In Bangkok, nosotros also said proficient goodbye to our two principal backpacks for the side past times side duad of weeks together with took exclusively our novel lilliputian roll-away illustration together with our solar daytime bags amongst us for yet some other two consecutive days of go inwards social club to larn to our ‘final vacation destination’.
So Where Are We?
From the onset, we’d envisioned a concluding goal where we’d merely relax together with conduct maintain an slowly time. We’d been making a listing of our favourites equally we’ve been going along equally nosotros figured that inwards social club to live ‘easy’, it’d conduct maintain to live a house that we’ve been before. While we’d considered Bali together with the Thai islands, due to factors similar 1) it’s high flavor similar a shot inwards those places 2) visa costs together with divergence taxes (which set Bali out of the running together with 3) accessibility, nosotros chose to supply to Sihanoukville, Kingdom of Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand to pass our concluding two weeks of this amazing year-long trip.
YES, together with thence some. We got lucky at the Cambodian edge at Poipet together with exclusively got charged $20 USD each for the both of us. The kids were gratis as it was stated on their lastly visas for which nosotros were withal charged (read ripped off) $20 USD for at the time.
And fifty-fifty though it’s high flavor now, the dainty people at Aqua Resort, where we’d stayed lastly time, gave us the same charge per unit of measurement equally before—a double room amongst AC, satellite television, WiFi together with a swimming puddle for $20 USD per night. We wouldn’t live able to larn that charge per unit of measurement inwards either Bali or inwards Thailand.
The beach seems fifty-fifty cleaner than nosotros remembered it besides together with the H2O is definitely calmer—generally apartment equally a tack, peculiarly inwards the mornings. The weather’s been perfect, amongst warm but non besides hot temperatures together with enough of sunshine. We’re glad to meet the familiar faces of the staff at our favourite beach shack, Co Co Hut. And many of our favourite beach vendors are silent closed to too. Unfortunately the BBQ squids are non equally large at the instant equally inwards April-- oh well. There’s silent 0.50 cent draft beers together with $2 USD cocktails though!
And More
We hired a motorcycle for the solar daytime intent on finding Ottres Beach, which is fast becoming the ‘in’ house to be. (Last time, nosotros didn’t quite brand it there.) And nosotros could meet why.
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| The route at Ottres Beach |
Compared to Occheuteal Beach, which is somewhat commercial amongst its seemingly endless row of beach shacks, all side past times side, the scene at Ottres Beach is a flake to a greater extent than spacious. There are silent restaurants amongst Sun loungers on the shore together with hither you lot tin post away also rent bungalows correct on the beach besides inwards some parts. But at that spot is to a greater extent than room betwixt the properties together with the properties are less homogenous together with to a greater extent than unique inwards construction together with decor. The experience is a lot similar you’d discovery on a Thai isle such equally Koh Phangan. Not surprisingly, at that spot were a lot of unusual tourists hither together with Sun loungers are hot property!
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| Ottres Beach |
So that’s what we’ve been upwards to. And we've been doing lots of thinking together with planning too, but to a greater extent than on that side past times side time! Until then, promise you lot taste our pretty pictures taken amongst our novel photographic tv camera that nosotros bought ourselves for Christmas!
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| Occheuteal Beach |