Zi Izlands :) Cambodia-Vietnam Feb 2013

After Killing fields in Cambodia little more nicer places. When i was Phnom Pehn i already started to wonder should i continue to Vietnam or do i go to southcoast to see islands. I already was thinking of skipping islands and go Vietnam but then i meet this girl on guesthouse who recommended Koh Rong island which was that time just starting to development and would be still quite oriental. So i tought this is some path i have to follow now. So next morning towards coast, and after one night in Sihanoukvill i was taking boat to Koh Rong.

And it was nice place: they were building bungalows and on beach there were some bars but not so much people yet on island and clearly things were just starting there. I was searching  flat that was 15 dollars/night, thought its expencive but took it anyway, near the beach, and ques what i did then? 

Those who know me might ques: i was taking my hammock and went straight to beach, was putting hammock so that i have nice sea view, was watching for a while blue sea and of course after that little nap, that's why i came here, to relax!!!

When i woke i was continuing chilling until there came one Turkish man who wanted to make deal with me: he would take picture of me if after that we change parts and i take picture of her on my hammock.

I agreed because i realized all my memory cards were full already, i had space to take just one picture on island. 

So he was taking pictures of me and mailing them to me afterwards and i took couple pictures of her.

chilling in Koh Rong

Of course i don't remember his name anymore, my memory :D But he was funny person, i thought i'm with bad memory but he was incredible: on one evening he was losing so many objects: his t-shirt, tiger balm, sun classes and some more objects.

So i was hanging with her and for time to time we were searching those objects during evening, some found, some lose :D

But finding him was also good because he had found little cheaper house so i was collecting my stuff and was moving same house witch was 8 dollars night. Place was anyway more like my style, was more far on beach where all bars were, behind facade, middle of locals stilt houses, was nice to watch locals life on evening and all noises from beach didn't hear that place. Only voices were grasshoppers voices and aggregate running so there is electricity on evenings.

Stilt house was also classic in funny way: the walls were 1 cm slits on wall boards and also the floor so you could see inside from anywhere :) no fan, toilet and some kind of shower was outside.

There was just mosquito net and bed and they were still building that house on day time :D

So on evening we decided to go see another side of headland with "mister Ahmed", thought jungle to see more calm beach and was beautiful beach: couple kilometers of white sand beach and jungle, there was also couple bungalows and just few tourists but bungalows were expensive, over 30 dollars night without any comforts.

On beach was just few people so was nice to take sun set pictures and then we go back to our side on darkness with fishing boat.

So i think i was there 4 days, doing nothing specific really, just relaxing on hammock. One day i was walking more far on beach and after little jungle found long beach were one locals house but basically private beach, just very far was some expensive bungalows again.

But was very long beach so i found private part there, hammock there, chilling again and swimming naked :D

But after 4 days i was feeling that maybe chilled enough here so i was taking boat back to Sihanoukvill.

Boat trip was taking about 2 hours and i was listening reggae on the way. One songs words were encourage start living today and not tomorrow, like "go and live"

So i was listening that song and watching red sun set on ocean and was smiling in big time: here i was doing it!!! No waiting to live tomorrow, i was living on moment, extremely happy :)

So from Sihanoukvill i was taking bus to Vietnam and thought that because i was starting to explore life on islands i continue on same way: was planning to go Vietnam to Phu Quoc islands.

Couple nights in Ha Tien but after that boat to Phu Quoc islands. On beginning i was 3 nights more expensive tourist place but didn't feel my kind of place, although  i was found on boulder rock on beach where i made about 6 boulder routes, that was fun.

One day i was renting motorbike, wanted to go south island and went to An Thoi.

On An Thoi i saw just one tourist who lived there. Man from France. (I think name was Didier)

Place was feeling good: no tourists and almost no one speaks English so of course  i wanted to move there. So we made deal with Didier that next day i move on same hotel and we explore island together :)

So next day i was renting motor driver to An Thoi, but because i was there time was over mid day already so Didier had gone somewhere explore already so i was renting motorbike on hotel and went explore myself island.

So i was taking my hammock and driving on quiet beach that i saw on way to An Thoi and was taking nap on beach.

Lisää kuvateksti

There was just couple fishing boats, couple cows and sand road where someone was driving time to time but still quiet and calm place.

So when sun was setting i had to go swim naked again and after that to hotel.

On next day i was meeting Didier again and couple days we were exploring islands together with motorbikes, were checking couple beaches and one evening we were taking sun set pictures near fishing village and little boys from village came to hang with us :)

we found place "where pepper grows" so been there :)

Sun set near fishing village :)

After 5 days i had to continue to main land if i wanted to see more Vietnam before going back to home, but thats new story :)