no time to waste let's get to the sea
let's go explore the beautiful island of koh rong samloem together
good morning enough of the city let's go to the island i'll tell you more on the way
i'm heading out of phnom penh if you want to find out more about this place and what to do check
the link above so we're taking a little break and i want to tell you how to get to the island
i took the bus from phnom penh city i don't know if there's a central bus station
but you can get the tickets online there's about 15 20 buses at the very least every day starting
from 7am all the way to like later tonight and you can get the tickets on camboticket.com
so to get to the islands i'm heading to sihanoukville and everyone i spoke to before planning
this trip told me not to stay there because it's it's not a it's not a fun destination
i'd rather spend that time on the island i'm going there to get the ferry to get
to the island i guess my driver is here i'm going to go back in and continue the journey
i've just arrived in sihanoukville and the driver got me only
two hours and ten minutes late so i left at nine i was supposed to be here at two
and it is about ten past four which means i've missed the last ferry at three pm so
if you're coming make sure you factor that into your travel time i thought it would be like 20
30 minutes but two hours 10 minutes is just another level i've never dealt with this before so
i am heading to find myself a room and stay here tonight and tomorrow head to the island
because i tried getting a private boat but they're asking like upwards of 250
i'd much rather get a room here and go there tomorrow so let's see what we can
do in sihanoukville i didn't really want to spend the night here but i have no choice
sihanoukville is a relatively young city and it was famous for its montage beaches but
that has changed with time although the sunsets are still as gorgeous
i've been walking around the city and looks like most of it has been converted into
a giant tourism center for chinese tourists and that is basically all the casinos around me
more are being built it's been a little bit of a weird place because i haven't been able
to find a single restaurant so far that has a menu in english everything's chinese
especially if you go around the beach it's a huge stretch all the chinese hot pot restaurants
so yeah it was a good decision not to stick around here just to clarify it is nothing
new the same happened with mexico and a lot of american tourists headed over and portugal when
the british headed over there oh and i did find a couple of restaurants with english menu it's just
that the choice is not that great it's finally time to head to the island and i'm super excited
i'm finally here and i need a shower really desperately
so the ferries do not go from the city but like the sihanoukville park
but you need to come a little bit further away i almost missed my ferry in the morning
as well because of that so be careful and get there beforehand i need to get to my hotel now
this is going to be home for the next two days
i stayed at the one resort which is quite nice i will show you around but i would
recommend letting your hotel know in advance so they can tell you which pier to get off at
because i got off at the wrong one and they had to send a boat to get me from there there
are no proper solid roads on the island so it's a little difficult to walk around with your luggage
trash on the beaches is a real problem here and not because of the islanders it
comes from the mainland as far as you know thailand and vietnam and other countries
so when you hear please discourage the use of single-use plastics it will help clean up and
it also plays a big part when you go snorkeling because you will see a lot of trash floating
and they can't go anywhere here in saracen bay because all the coral here is just loaded with
trash which is really sad to see do your part and yeah discourage the use of single use plastics
saracen bay is the main tourist beach in koh rong samloem but unlike other islands
and the main beaches this is not as busy it's quite nice and peaceful even during the day
and at night it lights up a little but it's still a very peaceful and quiet place
i know it sounds really cliche but i really enjoyed walking on the beach
because it's not just beautiful but the sand is also really nice and soft
don't forget to check my cambodia travel guide especially if you're
heading there for the first time it will help you a lot i promise
no time to waste let's get to the sea
we are going close to mapai bay village which is apparently the best place to snorkel
around koh rong samloem we just got here and got a little bit of sun
as well the clouds are going away let's do a little bit of snorkeling
one handy tip they don't usually give you the fins when you go snorkeling
so do check with them in advance
so i just finished snorkeling and the visibility was really poor and also sadly because of all the
overfishing literally no fish left except for the very small ones and most of the coral is dead or
dying and it's just in a really bad shape which is a real shame because it's such a
beautiful beautiful place and the sea around it in such bad condition it's just really sad
yep this is not a good snorkeling spot unfortunately
the saving grace is this beautiful sunset and then we are heading to see some magic
the real party started on the way back to the resort where we got to see the beautiful
bioluminescence now these are plankton which when disturbed glow and glimmer and they're really
beautiful if you've seen the google photos they're highly photoshopped because it's not
as strong and because of all the light pollution from the mainland and also from the resorts it's
not as bright but it's still a magical thing to see good morning it's another absolutely
gorgeous day in the paradise still a little bit murky but it's really beautiful still and i'm
gonna explore the island a little bit so there are three interesting points here one is the
lighthouse which is about 90 minutes in that direction i think i don't have enough time for it
because if i go and come back i will be dead for the sunset which i don't want to miss the second
point is for the sunset and that is the lazy beach and the third point is the waterfall which
at the moment is dry so i'm not gonna do that so i'm just gonna hang around in this saracen bay
and then we just kind of you know explore the lazy beach a little bit so a few things about
the island one it is quite cut off although i mean if you just look that way you can in
the night see the lights from sihanoukville but by cut off mean there's not a lot of regular traffic
there's no atm on this island so come with cash or you'll be paying like three to six percent
credit card fees and do there's a few activities like the ones we did last night but other than
that it's more for chilling and relaxing and exploring a little bit so let's go see the island
let's go check out the lazy beach and the sunset and to get there you need to come to the main road
of the island which is this it is really hot so don't forget to bring some water with you
although there is a bar there as well and let's go check it out now
it is sad to see this on the way they're moving a large part of the forest and it's not just this
one place quite a few and they're making more hotels resorts i don't know more houses but i
think the island will be destroyed pretty soon unless the government does something about it
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took about 45 minutes but i'm here it was a nice walk through the jungle as well
and apparently they have monkeys which i didn't see any but if you do
don't feed them okay one more thing before we see the sunset together if you
are staying on the island there are a few different piers so you just don't have to go
to saracen bay even when you're booking the tickets online just tell them where you are
which pier and they will drop you there let's go check out the beautiful sunset
the moment i got to lazy beach i absolutely fell in love with it it's really serene and quiet
and i wish i'd stayed here
i love sunsets and this has to be one of the most beautiful sunsets that i experienced in cambodia
i'm heading to the beautiful island of koh rong next click the link above and meet me there
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