SihanoukVille, Cambodia. Summer 2011.

Another Summer in SihanoukVille is coming to an end.

We're waiting for the rain to stop, (but it is good for writing blogs).  Should stop around the beginning of October.  But that hasn't stopped everyone getting ready for the Winter.....   The Best Time of Year in SihanoukVille!


Plenty of action going on here:

Pearl City Shopping Mall is getting ready to open, hopefully in early 2012.

The Bridge to Snake Island is finished, and the creation of Morakot Island begins.

 

 A few new businesses have opened in town as well:

• Bacchus Guesthouse on Ocheteaul / Serendipity Beach
• Boun Tours and Travel - local and international tours
• Captain Chim's II - The famous restaurant from Kampot expands West
• Charity Cafe - in the Utopia complex
• Charlie Harper's Bar & Rooms - Air-Con restaurant downtown with Poker
• Coconut Tree Bar - on the Fortuna strip
• Flame Parilla Steak House - Serendipity Beach Road
• Green Lemon Restaurant - Pim's Plaza with Finnish Management
• Guido's - Spanish Cuisine by Serendipity Beach
• Healthy Tattoo - 'Cause we hate the unhealthy kind
• Island Divers - in the Safety Stop Guesthouse, Golden Lions
• Kong Bar - don't know if it's King Kong or Koh Kong
• Le Reve Bleu - Guesthouse on Serendipity Beach
• Reggae Bar - Bob Marley slept here once, on Fortuna Strip
• Safety Stop Guesthouse - Golden Lions Plaza
• Serenity Spa - Serendipity Beach
• Siddhartha Guesthouse - Serendipity Beach
• Suchi Restaurant - Self serve food in Pim's Plaza
• Tattoo 99 - Local Tattooist
• The Led Zephyr - O.K., not opened yet, but finishing building and auditioning bands
• The View Hotel - a hotel with a view, Serendipity Beach
• Vitamin Cafe - Health foods with a bit of chocolaty bakery mixed in.
• Gek Ko Guesthouse - next to Golden Sand Hotel with Swiss / Khmer management
• The Dutch Bar opened on Victory Hill
• Golden Sea Casino opened on Victory Hill
• Greek Soul Kitchen - Serendipity Beach
• and Britannia's back, now in the Safety Stop Guesthouse. 

and if it weren't raining, I'd be on Victory Hill with more updates there.

Now's the time to start planning your vacation to Sunny (in the Winter) SihanoukVille.

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See you soon!

Happy New Year from SihanoukVille, Cambodia.

2009 started with a blast, here on SihanoukVille's beaches. A light, unseasonal rain couldn't dampen our spirits as 2009 approached. About 12,000 tourists and locals lined Ocheteaul Beach for drinking, dancing, BBQ, and fireworks.

Now, in the second week of January, the temperature has dropped to freezing, which is in the mid to low 20's. Fortunately, we're not in America, where this would be be cold enough to freeze water. Here, it only relieves us of the daily heat.

Many improvements? to town lately, new traffic signals everywhere, the old market, which burned down last year is now the new market, and the new market is now the old new market. The bus station has moved from the center of town to the front of the old new market now.

The main road though downtown is being widened the full length, and sidewalks are being installed.

Bridge construction to Snake Island continues, and the marina is still almost finished. Some of the condos are now occupied.

Many new places have opened in town, and can be found in the Sihanoukville advertiser:

*The Terrace on Ocheteaul Beach has authentic Thai Cuisine.

*D.D. Canada has moved across the street and taken over The Marlin Hotel building

*Diving 4 Conservation has opened up scuba diving services on one of the islands.

*Aahaa Resort, behind Ocheteaul Beach has a Swedish managed hotel and restaurant

*Ocean Pearl Guesthouse and Bar opened across from Ocheteaul Beach with a German Bistro.

*Part-Art opened above Kangaroo Kitchen

*Funky Sun Silver, a silversmith shop with original designs opened up near Poco Loco.

*Maharajah Indian Restaurant, famous in Siem Reap has opened on Victory Hill.

*New travel services from MOttah and ABC opened around town.

*Holiday Palace Hotel & Casino opened up Palais Coffee downstairs and an Indonesian Restaurant upstairs.

*Golden Sunset Beach Bar, camping, restaurant opened on Otres Beach

*Aegean Guesthouse opened up next to Golden Sands Hotel & Casino.

Also, de Roos restaurant and Cinderella's Coffee on Ocheteaul Beach, Swiss Garden near the Golden Lions Circle, and Airport Disco, Bar & Restaurant, and the Indonesian Restaurant at Holiday Palace Casino on Victory Beach.

Other than that, the town has been full with the usual yearly residents, yearly returnees and their friends, tour groups, and cruise passengers.