Sihanoukville and Koh Rong

We returned home yesterday after an overnight near JFK and a flight from Paris via Iceland the day before. Great to be back where they speak the same language and to be done with suitcases for awhile! But first back to the Cambodian part of the trip...

Here's Haney's favorite shot, taken at dusk on the Sihanoukville beach. The monks appear translucent because they were moving during the long exposure.

Earlier on the beach at Sihanoukville. A strange place, part gorgeous and part frat scene, with music 'til 4 am. 

Dinner just a few yards from the sea.

Taking the boat to Koh Rong.

Our beachfront bungalow.

As viewed from our porch - a villager unloads supplies with the help of his children.

With the man still unloading, the children romp in the sand - rolling downhill, doing somersaults, etc.  Then they wash it all off in the waves.

In front of our bungalow, with Sok San village in the background.

Another porch view.

Sunrise.

Haney snorkeling before breakfast.

A bridge in Sok San village.

The "resort" restaurant, on a pier, where we took our meals.

Coconut delivery.

To add to the atmosphere of being far from civilization, we discovered that "Survivor," (the Bulgarian version, anyway) was being filmed on our island.  The cast and crew were being housed in another resort just down the beach, and the scenery and props were being constructed right behind us.  We had fun watching the crew load up in the early morning (through the waves) and take off for wherever filming was happening that day.  A similar scene took place every evening.

The crew heads out with props.

We hired the man with the boat (seen unloading supplies above) to take us to a remote spot that was especially good for snorkeling.  We had the entire cove to ourselves.  We were impressed when he got in the water to snorkel too, only to discover that he was collecting clams to eat.

This little flat boat (you row it sitting on the chair) was used to carry things along the shore, like the coconuts seen above or our suitcases (from the speedboat pier to our bungalow).