Fishing Village

After this, we passed by the Sihanoukville Port

Reminds me of Port Klang in Malaysia

Sa, our tuttut driver, told us that we there's a fishing village at the port and proceeded to take us there for a look

Village. Yamaha motorbikes that are common in developing countries like Cambodia and Malaysia, you dont see them in Australia

Bustling strip of shops look pretty on that sunny November day.

Locals go about their everyday life

Arriving at the dock, where they build and repair ships, it was quite a beautiful sight to me

Sa took a picture for us. The ship builders were looking at us. A little uncomfortable but chose to ignore and continue with our camwhoring and photography session

Unusual. I have never been to a place where they make ships and to be there felt cool

Boat for charter. Sa's spoken English is not bad. The Cambodian language is in characters and not in alphabets. He read out "Boat for...." he didnt know how to pronounce 'charter', i completed the sentence for him and told him it means for rent

The old lady was terribly hunching and she walked funny... couldnt help but stare a little. Hmm... i need to take good care of myself

Sue Lin at 23. Happy, vibrant, soaking up the sun, life wasn't perfect then but i was content, i thought i had a future with E...

Wooden piere, locals chatting among themselves

Fishing boat

Bestfriends. Friends for 24 year and i wonder... friends forever?

Miss DSLR NGO

Passed by a school. Hmm, they wear slippers to school. We are to wear white shoes and socks in Msia. In Aust, my cousins wear Nike!

Chit chat as i went to buy bottled water. He waited for us while we packed up and then brought us to the town where we were to board a taxi he arranged for us

November

Let's take a break from the Australian Outback and revisit my unfinished travel entries of Cambodia

They're crazy in Cambodia, building such a massive bridge to the island! Plus its such a small island, not like Penang or Singapore

Phnom Penh city kids visit Sihanoukville to swim the same way Kuala Lumpur families head to Port Dickson for the beach

This place really resembles Port Dickson in many ways, except that their water is cleaner, bluer

Our tuttut driver brought us around town, we noticed there were a lot of stone wall. We asked why but his answer isnt really clear. To mark property i guess?

Another thing noted by Bestfriend who travelled all around Cambodia in a month, is that all the cows in Cambodia are pure white and skinny

Building by the beach, unoccupied, meant to be a foodcourt or something?

What i dont understand is why do they have to have open fires?

Pollution

Such a pity, the water behind is just so scenic

The tuttut driver became our cameraman. Haha

The trail from the road to the beach

Lots of construction was taking place. The workers and their families live in make-shift homes:

Just across, are modern structures

Really reminded me of Port Dickson

Great big huge arch.

I couldnt help but wonder, will this beautiful place become bustling and successful like Phuket or something? Or will all these be unoccupied and unsustainable?

Its not really an airport, its a night club

Market where Bestfriend wanted to buy toothpaste but the lady didnt want to sell her 1. It had to be 3 for USD1. I bought a pair of sunglasses for USD3 (its already broken)

Throughout my short trip in Cambodia, i've captured many shots of the locals fully utilising their motorbikes to transport almost anything under the sun

Sunrise in Sihanoukville

Just a short distance away from Lucky Gusethouse was the beach

Thats our guesthouse.

In Cambodia its one hour behind Malaysia. So if its 8am in KL its only 7 there

I love blue skies.

This little boy was the one who set up the beach chairs and umbrellas, kinda pitiful to have to work at such a young age

We chose this spot by the beach.

Mandatory self portrait

A shot of my bestfriend reading

She read the Lonely Planet while i took tonnes of pictures

She wanted to eat by the beach, but i was doubftul over eating food prepared there... I gave the little boy some of my spare change cuz we sat there but didnt order anything, its something i learnt from my parents

We went back to the strip of shops for breakfast instead, back to this place

In daylight. I dont know why i keep taking shots of Ecstatic Pizza and none of Happy Herb...

Part of out 5 frame timer shot pictures. Yes, we really did a lot of it! =)

Ordering our breakfast on Day 3, my bestfriend practiced her Khmer with the waitress

She had this little "Book of Phrases" where she writes down whatever she learns. I caught a few simple stuff: "Okun shrang" means thank you very much, "kat lui" is calling for the bill. Sook ban means happy. I cant remember what okay is...

=(I cant spell it out right, dont kill me okay, rushing this post, i am supposed to summarise 200 pages of board meeting minutes for work. I painstakingly photocopied all those damn minutes, cost me RM130, had to pay first and will only be reimbursed at the end of February)=

Ah those happy times. Many more to come? I am really dreading working into the night.

Warning!

Violation of anti food blog rules up ahead:

I ordered Cambodia noodles for breakfast, with pork! Haha, USD3 if i remembered correctly

Us again! I'll be seeing her in late March! =) There will be change in my life soon =)

I'll get to see more blue skies! =)

Hopefully i'll have time to take more photos too

Two of us in Sa's tut-tut, or tuk tuk as spelled in a newspaper article on Cambodia...

251km Across Cambodia

The bus was punctual, to my bestfriend's surprise. From Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, they told her to be at the bus stop by 6am and that the bus will arrive anytime between 6-7am!!

We began our journey to Sihanoukville. Suddenly we heard a loud explosion! Our bus was tilting to the right, the driver drove slowly for what seemed like forever before stopping

What's up with the buses in the trips i go to in 2009?

I've experienced bus problems 2 out of 3 of my trips (the bus in Bali broke down). Needless to say i was upset with the delay. Was stressed over my exam the following week, it felt like i was wasting time on the bus. And bestfriend felt like she was responsible for my happiness on the trip =(

Even my pictures from the window of the bus sucked, so blurry. We bought the earlier bus ticket so that we would arrive in Sihanoukville before dark but with the delay, that's not gonna happen. I was worried shit about looking for a place to stay. Yeah, we have NOT got it booked

Earlier at the Phnom Penh bus station, the tuttut driver that we hired the day before was there and he helped arrange for his friend in Sihanoukville to pick us up upon arrival. I was worried that with the delay of over 2 hours, he wouldnt be there anymore when we arrived.

To our surprise (and relief), when we pulled over in Sihanoukville bus station, there was a tuttut driver with this sign!

Sukun Kanya (pronounced Kanye, like Kanye West, the dude that humiliated Taylor Swift in the MTV VMA in 2009).

Apparently, the locals have been telling my bestfriend that she looks like a Cambodian singer, Sukun Kanya and so whenever people asks her whats her name, she'd say Sukun Kanya just for fun

This bus provider, Paramount, was actually quite good, u actually need to keep the tag of the baggages to collect ur bags!

Safer that way. A lil time consuming though. But to avoid theft, i'm okayyy. We asked out tuttut driver to recommend a guesthouse.

Sihanoukville town by nightfall, just streaks of light in front of Sa, our driver, captured on my camera.

He brought us to Lucky Bungalows and waited for us, just in case we didnt like the place, he could bring us elsewhere

We'll take it! Hahaha

We looked for the remote control for the tv and my bestfriend thought aloud "Wow, they even provided us with mosquito coil!!!"

A closer look revealed that those aren't mosquito repellent, the packaged strip contains CONDOMS! Hahahaha

Every night i send my parents and E an sms with information of the guesthouse i'm in and what city in Cambodia. Just for safety's sake.

Took our much needed refreshing baths (this is the only night we had hot water!) and then headed out for seafood dinner!

The row of shops a block away from our guesthouse.

Dinner time crowd in Sihanoukville consists of only whites, no Asian tourists. The Asians: Malaysians, Sporeans, China Chinese, Japanese, Koreans normally take tours and don't head to places like this. Somehow that made this trip feel so adventurous and unique to me

Chose a restaurant that's full of people, thats part of my 'to get good clean food' theory. And yes our food was good but as usual no pix, anti food blog here =P

We camwhored with my 5 picture self timer function

Yes, i was wearing the same thing on Night 2 as i did on Night 1. Urrgggg, horrible! If only i could turn back time and put on something else! Vain! Hahah

Oh well, dressing aside, it was good fun. See, all smiles and laughter! Great filling dinner, we stayed to chat till the crowd thinned down. We felt like everything just fell into place =D

What else can u get in Cambodia:

Estatic Pizza! Hahaha.

I wonder what toppings they have... tomatoes, basil, cheese... weed?