"You pay later"

Firstly just to catch you up on our journeys, myself and Wilbur met up with Jason in Siem Reap. And although we didn't get to tour Angkor Wat together i know we all appreciated the wonders of the temples. As it happens though, fate brought us back together again on the top of a temple to see the sunset amongst hundreds of other travelers.

One of the things we found to love in Cambodia was the traditional Khmer food and their love of BBQ!  Here is a picture of the local dish we enjoyed, where you get to cook your own meat at your table.

On out last day in Siem Reap while buying postcards we stumbled upon an unknown gem on the Cambodian coastline called Sihanouk Ville. Although our initial plans were going to keep us in Cambodia for a few days, we loved it so much we wanted to experience more. So from just one picture we decided to make our way in that direction instead of back to Thailand.

Sihanouk Ville is a little up and coming tourist destination with several upscale lodgings being developed close by and renovations taking place all over the town. Despite the construction there is a great atmosphere down at the beach day and night with tons of little beach side restaurants and bars with great BBQ and sun loungers on the beach.

Cambodians are very persistent in selling their services to you. At every possible point your are offered TukTuks, drinks, accommodations and seats at their establishments. It is impossible to stroll down the beach without being hassled or hustled in one way or another. Kids will come and sit on your sun lounger and practically demand you buy a bracelet, or women come by every two minutes offering massages and pedicures. This gets old quickly and although w\you may stand firm in the beginning eventually you end up buying 5 bracelets have a pedicure and then a manicure and even get your eyebrows plucked at the beach. A strange experience for sure. One first tactic was to phase having no money...in the end this didn't work as they only say "You pay later" and begin their work on you anyway.

Tomorrow we make the long 11 hour journey to Bangkok and then straight down to the southern thai islands to continue our beach break.
Thats all for now

-Lauren