Koh Kong to the Cambodia/Thai Border

We've been back in the U.S. for over three weeks but still trying to catch up with blogging the trip - resuming here with photos from early March in Koh Kong, the very eastern tip of the Cambodian coast.

We set out for Koh Kong Island on a boat with other people taking a day cruise.

Through a long estuary, lined with mangroves.

Our resort..  It was a beautiful place, but empty - and with a strange atmosphere.  We moved on after one night.

Sunset from the pier.

And from the beach. Fishing boat on the horizon.

The view from our bungalow deck.

The resort workers prepared to take us out to the boat to return to the mainland in very rough surf.  Stupidly, they overloaded the boat, and a huge wave washed over all of us and our luggage.  We were completely soaked.  Fortunately nothing of ours was irreparably damaged.  Our co-passengers' camera was ruined though.

Fishing boats off the shore of Koh Kong.

Arriving back in Koh Kong City - blocks of houses, built over the water, with their fishing boats parked out front.

Monks seeking alms in the morning.

Approaching the Thailand border.  In contrast to Cambodia's bleakness, the Thailand side was cheerfully decorated with potted flowers. A Thai soldier welcomed Haney on the other side patting him on the shoulder.