May 152013
Now that I’d experienced Cambodia’s cities and jungles, with just a few days until Songkran – my deadline for getting back to Bangkok – all that was missing was a tropical, white-sanded beach.
Last stop: Sihanoukville.
- As you can see, I didn’t quite make it as far into Camb...
- Luckily, Sihanoukville has a direct link to Bangkok, so...
- Sihanoukville’s main beach is really quite touristy, re...
- However, I was here for something different, so after a...
- Myself and Thomas, a guy I met on the bus from Phnom Pe...
- Our destination: Otres Beach, a more far-flung stretch ...
- What we found was nothing less than pure…tropical…parad...
- For just $14 a night, I got myself a private little bun...
- It was exactly what I was hoping for.
- Day or night, nothing but the sound of crashing waves a...
- Yet amazingly, despite its isolation, the spot had virt...
- How does this look for an ideal office? :D
- Plus, although well out-of-reach of Sihanoukville itsel...
- This meant that after a quick 20 minute stroll…
- We could have our pick from a half a dozen other restau...
- Or play a game of pool with the locals.
- I truly believe that we found Otres at just the right t...
- One season earlier and none of this was here – 99% of t...
- One season later and I’m confident that much of its “fa...
- When I was on my way to Otres, I planned to stay for ju...
- (I literally took the last possible bus to Bangkok, on ...
- And while I was honestly a bit apprehensive about joini...
- In a place like this, having a friend with whom to toss...
- Because believe it or not, during our whole three-day s...
- …Except for a quiet Ukrainian couple who were (get this...
- Still, that doesn’t mean we were lonely at all, because...
- A cheeky group of locals almost exactly our age…
- …Who became instant friends, always up to hang out duri...
- (…which were pretty damn spectacular, by the way.)
- Yep, I’d say Otres Beach was the perfect way to wrap up...
- I’ll be back, Cambodia. Even after more than two month...
Note: These posts are behind realtime; the above took place in April, 2012.
Now this place looks AWESOME!
Idyllic 🙂
Hi!
Greta photos. I’m going to otres beach tomorrow. What was the place that you stay?
Tiks
Zen Lounge
Great shot with the salamander 😀
Isn’t that thing crazy? I never did find out if it was wild or a pet…
Wow… that is indeed breath-taking. I so could go there right now!
I like it
Seems like In Indonesia :D, love the beach anyway.
Very nice 😉
Love white-sanded beach, always.
hi