Cambodia: part two

Bamboo Island, Cambodia June 2011



The next part of our journey started in Phnom Penh; cambodias capital city. This was the first real city we had been in for about six weeks, so it was nice to arrive. Here we met up with friends and did some drinking. Inbetween these activities we squeezed in some sights and learned about cambodias dark past. The s-21 genocide museum and killing fields of chouek (not so good hung over) were really moving.

We headed for the coast next for our first beach time. Thias turned out to be a slight disaster as our first day in the koh kong conservation corridor was heavy rain. Due to the weather we couldnt make it to the islands here but managed to go see the largest mangrove forest in south east asia. This turned out to be pretty impressive.
Next stop Sihanoukville, a beach town with beautiful white sand coves and a lot of prostitutes. The town was quite sleazy and the weather a bit wet, but we still  managed to get sunburnt in true brit style. The surrounding islands were also really scenic though the water was a bit murky for snorkelling.
Kampot was the next place along the coast. Another wet bus journey saw us in to the town where we decided the rain wouldn't stop us doing what we wanted. So we donned ponchos and rented a scooter to take us out in to the surrounding countryside; which was beautiful. A highlight of this was getting a crew of six together and doing a day trip of over 100 kilometers to kep. The crab market in kep did some of the best sea food we have ever eaten.
Back up to Phnom Penh to meet Amy and Abby some school friends and have our last Cambodian meal; Beef lok lak and fish amok delcious. (tina i hope your writing this down).

Photos from Cambodia