Time to move even further towards Vietnam and I head for Sihanoukville.
The Oasis Resort proved such a bargain, it worked out at £38 a night, all inclusive of bed, breakfast, dinner, the odd lunch, laundry and the odd (for that read two or three as I sat chatting the evening away with the other people staying...) why why each night that I decide to treat myself to a taxi to go the 220 kms over the mountains to Sihanoukville. A bit of an extravagence I know, probably cost me 35US $ more than the tuk tuk - bus - tuk tuk combination for the same journey, but saved a couple of hours in time and it was in a lot more comfort in a walnut (plastic) and leather (plastic) decorated Camry. Not sure whether it was a good thing the driver spoke some English - a nice guy but struggling to understand his heavily accented English was a challenge! He tells me he bought the car in 2002 with money borrowed from the bank and still, ten years on, he is still paying it back. Cars are really expensive here as there is huge duty on them, they are much more expensive than even in the UK, it must be like taking out a mortgage. But that does make you wonder exactly what those locals driving a Lexus do to make such a lot of money in this economy.... It's very scenic journey as we climbed up and over the Cardamom mountains, crossing various rivers with their shanty town fishing villages tottering on the edge. Not a bad road, although parts have obviously been washed away during the last rainy season, and apart from the odd car or rusty bus, the road was quiet. Well, quiet until we joined the main Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville road where the Cambodian road madness returned, cars, lorries, motorbikes and buses doing their own thing on whatever side of the road they chose...
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Location:14 Mithona St,Sihanoukville,Cambodia
