Snooker Ville

So we decided after seeing so much death and destruction that we deserved a well earned rest at the beach before hitting the temples of Angkor. Sihanoukville is a mere 4 hour bus ride south from Phnom Penh which made it even more enticing. Its not a bad place to stop off at if you are in Cambodia. You could really turn this into a holiday! We stayed in some pretty nice bungalows with a balcony and hammock with a great view of the water. Our first day there we went for lunch at the beach and to our surprise we were greeted with menus by our french friend Adrien who we shared a train compartment with from Ulanbator to Beijing where we also stayed in the same hostel for a few days. Small world. From then on The Dolphin Shack was our place to be and as Adrien told us....It never closed! After a couple of nights there were four more people that we had met traveling in town so we had a pretty good bunch to hang with till the small hours of the morning. On particularly surreal night consisted of those mentioned above, two deaf cambodian girls, a couple of gay prostitutes and clients with a couple of regular prostitutes all at the same table communicating in all kinds of languages and levels. To top it off as i stumbled home at 5am i felt a sharp stinging sensation on my foot. I looked down to look for some kind of cable or wire only to see a black scorpion scurrying away from where i was standing. At this time of the morning, drunken and stoned i had no idea if i had 45 minutes to live and should be heliported off to the nearest hospital or if i should just go home and pass out. I chose the latter and the next morning there was just a small lump and a small amount of pain....much like a bee sting....though i suspect it may have killed the average man.
Nothing beat that particular night but we did end up staying for 6 or 7 days. I lost count in the end. everyone we knew left and it was raining a bit too much for our liking so with the magic gone we left for Siam Reap.

I know the beach pic is not too enticing but that is the view from Dolphin Shack and it was good believe me. The other pic is Ania and Pin the funky, lovely, Cambodian/Thai, deaf bar chick.