Time for the beach

We are well enough to move so we're on the road again. I know Michael made light of the situation but it was really awful. If we hadn't booked tickets to Italy I think we might have just skipped Vietnam and headed to the western world.

We took a 6 hour bus ride to Sihanoukville which is a dangerous but beautiful beach town. Since we were laid up for so long we had time to research and in this case it wasn't good. The biggest crime seems to be bag snatching/burglary. Usually two people will drive by on a moto grab a woman's bag and take off, if the bag is attached to her then there have been cases when the woman was dragged too. Once we arrived we realized how this takes place so often, for a beach town it's spread out and all the roads (even the main roads) are poorly lit with lots of hidden areas. Let's just say we'll be on our toes while we're here.

There is a desolate island Koh Rong in the area that has a few guesthouses which you can book in town and then take a ferry to. We went to inquire about them tonight and heard the travel agent telling the couple being helped that most are booked. Once it was our turn the only thing left was a newer bungalow near the town with only generators so we booked two nights there and then one night at a place literally on the beach that runs on solar power. We are heading there on the 26th. Tomorrow we're going to check out the beach, pick up some books and try to find a badminton set for our island stay.