Tom, Claire, Trev and I have just returned from a week at the beach in Cambodia. We went to Sihanouk Ville which has been described as the premier beach in Cambodia and we weren't disappointed. After a rough and ready few days at Ha Tinh Beach in Vietnam with the kids I wanted to make sure the Cambodian experience would be enjoyable. Namely no locals harrassing us and trying to take the kids clothes off or play with Tom's willy. So while you can backpack in Sihanoukville we chose to go fancy and stayed at Sohka Beach Hotel with its private beach.
The beach was superb and clean and we all enjoyed mucking around on it. Claire got pummeled by a wave and became a little tired of the beach but both kids loved the water and if not in the beach, park, playground they were in the swimming pool. They can now go underwater and hold their breath for about 3 seconds and come up laughing which is good.
While at Sihanouk Ville we checked out the other beaches and enjoyed eating fresh seafood and cold beers at Otres Beach which is about 10km out of town. This is a terrific little place and very laid back. The main beach is Occheuteal Beach and this is packed with bars and papasans, women offering pedicures, kids selling bracelets or making them with your name in them and Beach BBQs.
At one of the Beach BBQ places a guy asked us if the kids in our walking backpacks were "con plua" (twins) when we said yes he was very eager for us to stop so they could play with his 16 month old twin girls. This was fun for all as they ran in four different directions and got up to all sorts of mischief.
Our trip was fun and we would recommend a visit there for sure.
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