rozzieoz wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:09 pm Taabarang - The Glory Hole is a distant memory, you are the only one who brings it up.

I am blessed with a long memory combined with an intolerance for stupidity, no .matter how sbort lived it may have been.

hi, sorry but I am also wondering, why hotels are not cheaper if nobody goes to Sihanoukville ? Thank you.

I'm going because I'm interested in Chinese development/investment/tourism and how it effects the receiving countries.

Even the locals have left or wish they could

Ah, I'd also like to know where I can find the markets and when they open.

gdtgdt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:51 pm hi, sorry but I am also wondering, why hotels are not cheaper if nobody goes to Sihanoukville ? Thank you.

Because in this part of the world, the laws of supply and demand are not like the rest of the world. Here, if supply is too high, the price goes up to make up for lost revenue because the supply is too high. Perfectly logical.

I wouldn't ride a bicycle, unless you enjoy hospitals and premature death. Unless you have ridden a scooter in Asia before I might give that one a miss, too. The Chinese are even worse drivers than the khmers. It's still pissing down with rain so the streets and beaches are going to be covered in rivers of actual shit, what little there is left of the streets. My friend did a trans Africa thing through the DRC and he said the roads were better than the ones in Shv. I guess you could go up to Kbal Chhay, you're probably going to want to stay at Otres village.
If you do need a taxi hit up my neighbour Windy, he speaks Australian. He got kicked out of Australia for sleeping at his job and getting fired. I can PM his number. He does tours and will know a tuc-tuc driver you can use.

You can ask the hotel reception for a scooter. I rent mine 5$ per day, you can have cheaper. Just avoid the Golden Lion roundabout, police will arrest you and ask money...

gdtgdt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:51 pm hi, sorry but I am also wondering, why hotels are not cheaper if nobody goes to Sihanoukville ? Thank you.

Actually more people goes there now days then before. Arrivals are increasing every day. Less westeners goes there (though the amount is not much different to past, even though many people here wants to think differently). Also lot of chinese have bought/rented old hotels/guesthouses where they now live and many old hotels have been demolished so new developments can be built = shortage of hotels. First batch of the new hotels have completed recently are opening now soon as well as few of the new apartment buildings are completing soon so situation might get better. But it just might as more chinese tourists are arriving every day.