Sihanoukville

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In the afternoon we took a plane flight to Sihanoukville with cambodia angkor airlines. When we arrived in Sihanoukville - a small airport - we went outside and found a bus to go to the OC boutique hotel.

When we went to the hotel, Dad told Riona, Aoife and I that we had a poolside room! Even though it was  cool, it was like a goldfish bowl, because unless you have the curtains closed, everyone can see what you're doing!

We did homework today, but we had a reward because we were allowed to go to our own private cinema - Top Cat.

You could choose out of 2500+ movies to watch and just ask for whatever food or sweets you wanted and someone would get it for you, then you pay it all at the end. Riona, Aoife and I went in and watched a movie, had 3 small packets of M&Ms, a big packet of crisps, and a large bottle of water for only £7.20.

Next day..

We hired 2 motorbikes with full tanks and it only cost $12 altogether! Dad, Aoife and I went on one, and Mum and Riona went on the other one. We drove to Otres beach where we spent most of the day.

It was really quiet. Aoife and I made a castle for her toy angry birds. We went for our first swim in the bay of Thailand! It was so warm - as warm a bath at home.

We had several people come and see us and offer us food. So we bought some really nice crayfish which the lady de-shelled for us then, pineapple which was peeled and de pitted. 

Mum and Riona also had their legs and arm pits 'threaded' where they use a technique with thread to pull the hairs out!

Next day.....

We drove into a forest and saw a load of monkeys. The small ones were so cute.We bought peanuts to feed the monkeys. 

All the young ones were pushed out the way by the big monkeys to get the food first! The monkeys took the food straight from our hands. We finally made our way back to the hotel and had an early night. 

We hired the motorbikes again today and went to the downtown of Sihanoukville. We all had helmets but the police pulled Dad over for not wearing a helmet. He was only just trying to get money off us because loads of people were driving by on motorbikes without helmets. Dad pointed out lots of people were driving past without helmets. The 'officer' just took the money Dad gave him and put it in his pocket. I noticed the police were only stopping tourists and didnt stop a family with one adult and five children on one bike.

We then drove to Independence beach and had lunch. Aoife borrowed a big rubber ring and took it into the sea. I walked into the water up to my knees with Riona.

I kneeled on the rubber ring and Riona pushed me out even further so I jumped off and got soaked up to my hips! We drove back to our hotel and dumped all our wet stuff to dry. 

We went out to a place called Galaxy, which is like top cat, but instead in the cinema you have a mini-bar and a private toilet. Also, you can order a pizza straight to your cinema door, so we did!

When we came out it was pouring with rain. It was the first rain since we started our trip and it poured down. 40 days and 40 nights later.

We waited in a bar for the rain to stop and played pool and the bar owner brought out connect 4 for us to play. The boy from the cinema played against us. He kept beating Riona. He was studying English at University and was working to pay for his fees and was really nice.

The centre of Sihanoukville was quite tacky and my Dad was offered drugs. There were also prostitutes on the corners of some of the beaches in the centre. My parents also pointed out that 'Happy Pizzas' meant they put drugs into the pizzas.

Just outside Sihanoukville in either direction is very beautiful however.