Friday, May 10, 2013

Sihanoukville (Otres Beach) 4/11/13 - 4/14/13

We left Phnom Penh on a mini-bus journey to Sihanoukville town center where we hung around, ate lunch, and waited for the Vietnamese Consulate office to open up.  We had researched that it only took 15 minutes to get a Vietnam visa here, and sure enough, 15 minutes and $60 later we had a visa!  From the Consulate, we flagged down a tuck-tuck in the rain to pick up our bags and headed out to Otres Beach, a quieter beach farther away from town, to enjoy our last rays of sunshine by the sea.

Our days at the beach weren't perfectly sunny and lovely as much as they were rainy and stormy.  Oh well, we had plenty of time for hanging out, walking the beach, working out, and hiding from the rain in the common area of the hostel where watching movies (they had hundreds to choose from) from the couches was a guest favorite.  We stayed at a place called Footprints hostel, but we had our own bungalow which was pretty cool.

 


We had planned it out to be there to meet up with our friends, Chris and Annie, other American travelers that we originally met in Brazil, saw once again in Thailand, and they were on their way into Cambodia from Vietnam.  They got in late that evening after a full day of bus travel, but we all stayed up "late" for us old folks to catch up over some Angkor Beers. 


Chris and Annie stayed and our next few days were pretty identical.  After breakfast each morning, we headed to the water for some fun in the sun, after that we would head in for lunch, get out of the sun, play cards, and watch a movie or two...or three.  Then dinner, maybe some beer and more cards, but for sure another movie :-).  It rained almost every afternoon and most nights, so there wasn't much else to do.

 

 
 

We were so excited to get to meet up with Chris and Annie and had a great time catching up, sharing stories, and relaxing together.  We had 2 weeks of our trip left and they had another 2 months, so it was fun looking back on our trips and talking about home as well.  
 

We finally had to leave out one night for an over-night bus into Vietnam. 

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