Why Sihanoukville is not deserve to be called SHITHOLE or so-called SHITVILLE
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:07 pm
Why Sihanoukville is not deserve to be called SHITHOLE or so-called SHITVILLE
Lately we have a lengthy debate about Sihanoukville, mostly people pointed out the negatives of Sihanoukville over its positives. People called it shithole or so-called shitvillle. During water festival, i had great time travelling to Sihanoukville for one week. It was one of the best of my travelling so far. Even though, i was born and grew up in Shanoukville, but there are so many places in Sihanoukville that i have never been to. Within this recent travelling, i went to many places, just in Sihanoukville and that made me appreciating Sihanoukville even more. Sihanoukville has a lot of things to offer than one needs. Not to mention, it is absolutely not deserve to be called shithole, leave alone the shitville. I don't get mad when people say bad things or have negative thoughts about Sihanoukville and i am not defending Sihanoukville, because i am originally from Sihanoukville. That is not the case. People have rights to express their thought and say whatever they want about the place. However, i hope that this review might slightly change their perception toward a lovely tiny town, Sihanoukville.
Beaches
From what i read in those debates about Sihanoukville, people always mentioned the crowed beach of Sihanoukville, Ocherteal beach and serendipity beach. People complained it being crowed and dirty. Guys, Sihanoukville has more beaches than these just two. We have Independence Beach, Otress Beach I and II, Chane Thmey Beach (New Beach), Sokha Beach (Where the tail of the dragon located), Danak Sdach beach, Snake Island beach. All these are located in the center of the city. If you want your trip to be a bit adventurous. You can rent a motorbike and drive down to Ream Beach ( a very quite beach where i grew up, about 30 Km from the city) and don't forget to check the old bridge and a small village by the sea. If you have time you could go further to an unspoiled beach called Chane Sen Sok or Virak 8 beach and if you are at Ream, it is worth to check out the pagoda up on the hill. I went there last week and good new is that there is a new established bungalow resort, where you could get good coffee, western foods and a swimming pool, clean and air-con bungalow for 25 dollars per night.
Otress Beach
Views in front of Independence Beach
Ream Beach
Along the way to Ream Beach
The view in front of the village by the sea
The new established bungalow resort
Islands
Sihanoukville is also well-known for its beautiful islands and not to mention those islands are not really far away from the shore. You can pretty much visit those islands easily. I went to Koh Rong during my previous visit. Koh Rong is a really beautiful island with a really long white sand beach and also a place where you can do trekking. However, people seem to be really negative against Koh Rong. What come to people mind when talking about Koh Rong, it would be something like. Koh Rong is full of backpackers, party all day long, drug and sex. Again guy, Koh Touch village is not the only beach on Koh Rong. You absolutely could find a very quite and relaxed place on Koh Rong such as Sok San resort and etc and not to mention a small island next to Koh Rong called Koh Rong Samleom is an absolute paradise. Apart from these two islands, there are more islands in Sihanoukville that you should check out. I went to water buffalo island for snorkelling. It actually turned out to be the most highlight of my recent trip down there. I really enjoyed it. Back to Ream Beach, there are some islands down there that you guys should check out, such as Koh Takiev and Koh Russey (Bamboo Island). I would recommend you guys to check out these two stunning and absolutely beautiful islands when you are at Ream beach, however you also can take the boat from Sihanoukville to these islands.
Koh Takiev
Bamboo Island
Koh Rong
Water Buffalo Island
If you want to be away from beaches and Islands, you can drive down to Kbal Chay waterfall or take a 3 hours or 1 day trip to see mangrove with the trip organiser at Ream National Park Office right in front of the airport of Sihanoukville.
Lately we have a lengthy debate about Sihanoukville, mostly people pointed out the negatives of Sihanoukville over its positives. People called it shithole or so-called shitvillle. During water festival, i had great time travelling to Sihanoukville for one week. It was one of the best of my travelling so far. Even though, i was born and grew up in Shanoukville, but there are so many places in Sihanoukville that i have never been to. Within this recent travelling, i went to many places, just in Sihanoukville and that made me appreciating Sihanoukville even more. Sihanoukville has a lot of things to offer than one needs. Not to mention, it is absolutely not deserve to be called shithole, leave alone the shitville. I don't get mad when people say bad things or have negative thoughts about Sihanoukville and i am not defending Sihanoukville, because i am originally from Sihanoukville. That is not the case. People have rights to express their thought and say whatever they want about the place. However, i hope that this review might slightly change their perception toward a lovely tiny town, Sihanoukville.
Beaches
From what i read in those debates about Sihanoukville, people always mentioned the crowed beach of Sihanoukville, Ocherteal beach and serendipity beach. People complained it being crowed and dirty. Guys, Sihanoukville has more beaches than these just two. We have Independence Beach, Otress Beach I and II, Chane Thmey Beach (New Beach), Sokha Beach (Where the tail of the dragon located), Danak Sdach beach, Snake Island beach. All these are located in the center of the city. If you want your trip to be a bit adventurous. You can rent a motorbike and drive down to Ream Beach ( a very quite beach where i grew up, about 30 Km from the city) and don't forget to check the old bridge and a small village by the sea. If you have time you could go further to an unspoiled beach called Chane Sen Sok or Virak 8 beach and if you are at Ream, it is worth to check out the pagoda up on the hill. I went there last week and good new is that there is a new established bungalow resort, where you could get good coffee, western foods and a swimming pool, clean and air-con bungalow for 25 dollars per night.
Otress Beach
Views in front of Independence Beach
Ream Beach
Along the way to Ream Beach
The view in front of the village by the sea
The new established bungalow resort
Islands
Sihanoukville is also well-known for its beautiful islands and not to mention those islands are not really far away from the shore. You can pretty much visit those islands easily. I went to Koh Rong during my previous visit. Koh Rong is a really beautiful island with a really long white sand beach and also a place where you can do trekking. However, people seem to be really negative against Koh Rong. What come to people mind when talking about Koh Rong, it would be something like. Koh Rong is full of backpackers, party all day long, drug and sex. Again guy, Koh Touch village is not the only beach on Koh Rong. You absolutely could find a very quite and relaxed place on Koh Rong such as Sok San resort and etc and not to mention a small island next to Koh Rong called Koh Rong Samleom is an absolute paradise. Apart from these two islands, there are more islands in Sihanoukville that you should check out. I went to water buffalo island for snorkelling. It actually turned out to be the most highlight of my recent trip down there. I really enjoyed it. Back to Ream Beach, there are some islands down there that you guys should check out, such as Koh Takiev and Koh Russey (Bamboo Island). I would recommend you guys to check out these two stunning and absolutely beautiful islands when you are at Ream beach, however you also can take the boat from Sihanoukville to these islands.
Koh Takiev
Bamboo Island
Koh Rong
Water Buffalo Island
If you want to be away from beaches and Islands, you can drive down to Kbal Chay waterfall or take a 3 hours or 1 day trip to see mangrove with the trip organiser at Ream National Park Office right in front of the airport of Sihanoukville.