We got up around 8 this morning and got breakfast downstairs in the hotel. It was a huge buffet breakfast with tons of food, though a lot of the food seemed to be more lunch and dinner type foods like spaghetti haha. Nevertheless it was a delicious breakfast. After we waited in the lobby for our tuk tuk. The tuk tuk came around 930 and drive us about 15 minutes to the pier our boat was leaving from. We shared our tuk tuk with a Canadian man, his son, and his Vietnamese wife. They were really nice. It's kind of strange how many Caucasians there are here who marry southeast Asian women, who most of the time are much much younger than them! Haha. The boat itself was huge! Three above water levels with tons of seating, a full bar, and the upper deck was full of mats for sun tanning.
The boast left around 10 am and was heading for Koh Rong island which was about 2 hours away. We were on the top deck for most of the trip there. About half way through the trip there the boat stopped at a snorkel spot right off one of the nearby islands. The snorkeling was alright, the water didn't have the best visibility and there weren't too many big fish or anything awesome like that.
We snorkeled for 20 min or so then went back to the boat to jump off the top deck. It was really high and tons of fun! My dad went first and I was really surprised he actually did it haha.
After a little more messing around on the boat we took off towards are final destination, Koh Rong. On the way we were served some lunch which was a small serve yourself buffet, the food was alright nothing to brag about. While they were serving the food the staff kept saying how there would be a big surprise on the way back when the bell by the bar rang.
Once we were a little ways off shore from Koh Rong they anchored the boat and we jumped off and swam to shore. The island was incredible!! The water was crystal clear and the sand was pure white with absolutely no seaweed or rocks. It was literally a pool with sand! Definitely one of the best beaches I have ever been to!
There was also a small rope swing on the beach so of course I had to give it a try! The 12 year old in me was very happy haha.
After a little while on the beach we took a trek through the island. It was a pretty short trek, maybe 30 minutes long or so, the guide explained some of the plants and what medicinal uses the Cambodian people used them for.
After the trek we got back to the beach and had about an hour and a half to relax and enjoy the beach. My dad and I decided to walk the length of the beach, there were hardly any people and only a few small guesthouse scattered on the shore. It was truly an awesome place!
Once the time was up we swam back to the boat to head back to Sihanoukville. About 20 minutes into the trip back the bell at the bar rang for our 'surprise'. It was free shots as well as drinking beer through a snorkel mask! Haha, of course I had to try it!
I did two beers (I was peer pressured to do the second! Haha). It was kind of hard to do since you couldn't really breath at all and you had to wait for the guy to pour the beer, so half of the time I was getting gulps if air with my beer which made it hard to drink. Afterwards I made my way back up to the top deck to relax.
Once we got back to the pier we shared a tuk tuk with the Canadians again back to the hotel. At the hotel we showered and changed and headed to the main strip for some food. We stopped at a random restaurant where we ate on the balcony overlooking the street which was pretty cool. I had spaghetti and meatballs, the food wasn't the greatest but oh well. After dinner we went across the street to Top Cat, which is basically a theater that plays movie this guy pirated haha. We ended up seeing The Wolf on Wallstreet which was pretty good (ridiculously long tho, almost 3 hours!)
It was a pretty sweet setup actually. A huge screen with good speakers in an air conditioned room with really comfy seats. After the movie we made our way back and got ready for bed. Tomorrow is out last day in Sihanoukville!
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