Shianoukville Part 2

On Saturday 11 of us decided to get up early so to get to Serendipity Beach by 9 am to get on our boat for a day trip to the islands. We got to the beach and were brought right away to our boat. We had an entire boat to ourselves with two crew members. 30 minutes later we arrive in this quiet cove. The crew tells us to jump in to go snorkeling just beware of the sea urchins they are big and hurt. A lot of the group was a little wary of the snorkel gear so they just jumped in and swam. I grabbed a mask and snorkel and attempted to check out some of the little reef. The only problem I had was my snorkel kept filling with water so I was unable to keep my head under for long periods of time. I got to see some of the sea urchins which were much bigger than I expected. I had seen sea urchins in Malta and they were tiny compared to these things. Within 15 minutes there were four or five more boats full of tourists which  sucked so we all got in the boat and headed off to the next island. A lot of us were starving we asked the crew when we would be eating and they told us to wait till the next island about 30 minutes away. Our second destination was nice even though there were a lot of boats the beach wasn't too crowded. Once we put our stuff down the crew started to cook us lunch and told us it would be ready in 30 minutes. Two other people and I decided to go off to explore the beach. It was a little treacherous with the rocks, giant ants, downed tree limbs, and trash but we had a nice time exploring. I was able to see some pretty cool shells and get some really cool pictures of the beach. We made it back just in time to have lunch, the crew made us rice, cole slaw salad (without the sauce), grilled barracuda, and lots of fruit. It was delicious. I never knew that barracuda could taste so good. With all that food and a piece of bread I made my self a fish sandwich probably one of the best I have ever had. I was completely stuffed by the end of lunch. I wanted to go into a food coma but there would be no way.

After lunch one of the crew guys said he was going to show us a path to go to another beach on the other side of the island.We started walking through waist high grass down a little path towards the jungle. All we kept saying was "stay on the path there may still be mines out there." We made it to a tree line which ended up being a pretty dense jungle. There was bits of sunlight poking threw but it was very quiet and cool.  We walked a good five to ten minutes before we made it to the other side of the island. Once we made it there we trekked through some very hot sand and there was the new beach. It was amazing. There was hardly any people on the beach, there was waves, and the beach was clean. We all dropped our stuff and hurried into the water. We had a great time playing in the water and lounging on the sand none of us wanted to leave. We wanted to live in one of the little huts on the island and live our days in paradise. Of course none of us stayed we went back through the jungle to our boat and headed off to the next and final island. It took about 45 minutes to get there and when we got there some other boats were already there. It was a fishing island so parts of the water was already roped off but there weren't too many people in the water. This is where we all decided to have fun jumping in. All of us did a little pose for the camera as we jumped in for the very last time. We also used our life jackets in a new interesting way. We put our legs through the arm hole and sat on the life jacket like a chair. Even though it sounds weird it worked really well. We all looked hilarious and felt like we had on a diaper, but we didn't care we were still floating without everyone seeing the ugly orange vest. We eventually had to say goodbye to the water and get back in the boat to head back to the main land. It was a wonderful day with great people. We had a lot of laughs got to spend time on a deserted beach, swim, snorkel, and have lunch made for us for only $15. Money well spent.

We made it back to the hotel starving so some of us decided to head to the beach to eat at one of the beach restaurants and some decided to stay at the hotel.. I went to the beach and ate at a local restaurant while some of the others had massages or pedicures on the beach. I just sat back and watched them awaiting the sunset. None of us wanted to go out that night we were too wiped from our the days' activities to do anything. We all just hung around the hotel or went to grab something to eat. We just wanted to be around each other for our last night and most of us went to bed early because the next day was going to be long.