Saturday 12 December 2015
I can’t believe we’ve been here in Otres Village for 10 days
– time does such strange things when you’re away from home, especially when
your watch is broken.
It doesn’t take long to get used to a place like this. I can
quite see how westerners float in here and get stuck, like flotsam among the
mangroves. It’s a peaceful place in general although massive construction going
on to build more and more bungalows in Otres Village. And the beach is lovely –
miles and miles of white sand.
On Thursday Roy and Viasna took us on a tour on their
motorbikes of the big city – Sihanoukville – where they now live. It’s an odd
mix of beach, greenery and scruffy Asian city with little nooks and crannies of
great charm, such as Cloud 9 bar on the sea shore.
Roy and Viasna live in a lovely apartment in a particularly
green area of town called Victory Hill, a small village of bars and restaurants
a few yards from the beach. It gives a great lifestyle if it weren’t for the
endemic petty crime.
We had a lovely day – until I threw up in the pub. Most
embarrassing! And no, it was not a result of overindulgence, just your usual SE
Asia bug. A day of green tea and rest yesterday soon sorted it and today I’m
back to normal.
Yesterday was my birthday, with pancake treat breakfast,
late afternoon swim followed by lovely meal (Asian dory) at restaurant the
Secret Garden, Otres 2.
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| Homemade boat Cambodian stylee. |
So, as I say, I can’t believe we’ve been here two weeks and
leaving tomorrow, off to Kep.
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| Otres Market is *the* place to be on a Saturday night. Music, food and good vibes. |
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| Generally peaceful in Otres Village |
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| Lovely beach. |
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| Not many flowers of interest round here Mark, just the normal. |
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| A visit to the local Wat. Not sure what the peeing cherubs signify. |
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| Roadside egrets and water buffalo |
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| Roy showing Trevann the sights of Victory Hill |
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| Sunset at Victory Hill, Sihanoukville. |
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| Guess where we're on? |
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| Central Sihanoukville |
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| Christmas comes to M&Ms. Paul and Marcus setting up the tree. |
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| Evening on Otres beach. |
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