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After almost 2 months without it, I was realły looking forward to finally seeing the sea and having a few beach days. Although, on arriving to Sihanoukville, this was the biggest disappointment ever...I stepped one foot onto the beach and looked down to see tons and tons of rubbish; piles of it in fact. The horrific sight sent me walking for almost 2 hours to find the perfect beach spot, which I eventually found, praise the Lord. I stripped off down to my swimwear, ready for a cool dip to rinse my sweaty body, only to find that the sea was more like a tepid bath temperature and I spent the rest of the day melting in the shade. The vendors on the beach were some of the funniest people I have met on my travels - a war played out between the Khmer and Vietnamese ladies, both demanding to thread your legs, armpits and any other hair they can get their hands on and meanwhile, the campest asian man of all time braided hair with more enthusiasm than I have ever seen. On a mission to avoid noodles and rice for one day, I had a very strong minty carbonara for dinner at a restaurant ironically called "nice foods". Damn, I knew I should have gone next door to "yummy foods" instead....having befriended a lovely couple yesterday, tonight was spent (after sheltering from horrific rain) experiencing Otres Market which turned out to be full of hippie expats creating mosh pits to a European rock cover band in the middle of nowhere. Was a bizarre sight to say the least.
The one with the minty Carbonara
March 18, 2018
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Otres/Sihanoukville, Cambodia
After almost 2 months without it, I was realły looking forward to finally seeing the sea and having a few beach days. Although, on arriving to Sihanoukville, this was the biggest disappointment ever...I stepped one foot onto the beach and looked down to see tons and tons of rubbish; piles of it in fact. The horrific sight sent me walking for almost 2 hours to find the perfect beach spot, which I eventually found, praise the Lord. I stripped off down to my swimwear, ready for a cool dip to rinse my sweaty body, only to find that the sea was more like a tepid bath temperature and I spent the rest of the day melting in the shade. The vendors on the beach were some of the funniest people I have met on my travels - a war played out between the Khmer and Vietnamese ladies, both demanding to thread your legs, armpits and any other hair they can get their hands on and meanwhile, the campest asian man of all time braided hair with more enthusiasm than I have ever seen. On a mission to avoid noodles and rice for one day, I had a very strong minty carbonara for dinner at a restaurant ironically called "nice foods". Damn, I knew I should have gone next door to "yummy foods" instead....having befriended a lovely couple yesterday, tonight was spent (after sheltering from horrific rain) experiencing Otres Market which turned out to be full of hippie expats creating mosh pits to a European rock cover band in the middle of nowhere. Was a bizarre sight to say the least.
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The one where I'm unprepared
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The one where I people watch
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The one with the sweaty boys
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The one with the pickled slugs
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The one where I smell
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The one with pacing bears and bamboo grubs
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The one where I might have rabies
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The one with more Pad Thai
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The one with 762 curves
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The one with boobs
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The one with the wall of China
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The one where I'm full
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The one with the "cruise"
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The one with waterfalls
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The one with one too many waterfalls...
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The one where the bird dies
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The one with the Lao Lao
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The one where I discover bangers and mash
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The one with moody views
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The one with a girl, a bike and a big city
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The one where I'm offered a foetus kebab
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The one where I'm really lazy
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The one with dolphins in it
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The one with the virgin chicken
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The one where I eat a lot of pepper
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The one with the minty Carbonara
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The one where there's a bit o splash back
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The one where I'm at one with nature
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The one with the red chair restaurants
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The one with the disappointed tourists
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The one where it's not actually cake
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The one where I wait
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The one where I cross the border
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The one where there are tiny chairs at tiny tables
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The one where I fight with the toilet
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The one where there was "no roast duck" left
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The one with the fashionable poncho's
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The one with the broken scooter
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The one where I eat wild mushrooms
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The one where my kayak is full of coral
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The one with the giggling policemen
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The one where I am reunited with Pad Thai
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The one where everything is extortionate
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The one where I'm a bottomless pit
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The one where I apparently stink
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The one where he melted
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The one where Oasis perform live
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The one where my splinter is sterile
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The one where it comes to an end
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