6144 x 4113 px | 52 x 34,8 cm | 20,5 x 13,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
17 dicembre 2017
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Selling crayfish in Sihanoukville beach. Arriving in Sikanouville after an easy 4-hour bus ride with Mekong Angkor Express we were greeted at the bus stop by hoards of westerners with hostel pamphlets. It was at this point that we realized the guidebooks were right: Sikanouville has definitely been discovered by the tourists! We headed to Orchidee Guesthouse that a tour guide in Phnom Penh had recommended to us. For $23 per night we had a room with two huge twin beds that opened up onto the swimming pool, with AC and breakfast included. The big selling point was the number of kids under 7 also staying there. Noah and Hayley were in heaven with so many kids to play with. Every breakfast was spent sharing toys, every afternoon spent in the pool playing. Despite the number of western run bars and hostels, Sikanouville still has a sleepy feel. Being low season the number of locals outweighed the number of tourists and the beaches were quiet. In high season I think it would be a bit busy and crazy. Our hotel was one street from the beach and a 5-minute walk to the main tourist street? just a nice distance away from everything. All in all we were very impressed with the beaches at Sihanoukville. Occheuteal Beach, the most popular tourist and local beach is completely overdeveloped with rustic bars and simple thatched huts everywhere. But its still a beautiful beach and there's no big resorts so its very relaxed. The sand was clean, the water clear and as long as we didn't think too much about how polluted the rivers in Cambodia are that empty out on to the sea, we had a wonderful time swimming. During the day we were the only ones on our stretch of the beach - well apart from the occasional lady carrying huge platters of cooked crayfish and prawns on their heads. They didn't hassle us that often and were happy just to laugh at Noah and Hayley being silly in the sand. The kids spent most of the morning being transformed into mermaids with sandy tails adorned with shells,
