Koh Rong Island, off Sihanoukville
Just in case you guys think it's a hard life for us over here, we managed to get away and camp at nearby Koh Rong Island for a couple days. |
| Toni swimming on a beach at Koh Rong. |
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Hammocks, tins of baked beans, apples and cup-a-soups... we're packed. We seemed to strike it very lucky with the weather, it rained the morning we left but then stopped until we were back in Sihanoukville, were it started to rain again !
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| Hennesy Hammocks set up on the beach |
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| Fighting the smoke to check if the waters boiling |
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| Sunset ! |
The Island currently has a couple local Khmer villages,
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| Village Shacks |
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| Local Island girl. |
that until now have been subsistence and a few "eco" bungalows
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| Treehouse Bungalows |
that are typically from $5 to $20 a night. I use "eco" in inverted commas because they unfortunately all seem to run off generators. The locals have been able to earn money building the bungalows for the tourists and set up small shops selling drinks and snacks to the backpapers that invade.
We had been there before and wanted to go back before it's developed into a mega resort, with de riguer Casino and Golf Course, the sort of place that suits someone looking for a different experience to us. If we ever get back it will be changed, the bulldozers have just started.
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