Winter in SihanoukVille, Cambodia. 2010.

It's Wintertime here in SihanoukVille, Cambodia.  And it's starting to get cold!  The temperature has dropped down as low as 25 degrees (that's like 75 degrees for you Americans).  The town's starting to fill up with tourists, as the seasonal rains have stopped.

Several new places in town, including:

Cambodian Villa at Ocheteaul Beach.  A new guesthouse with swimming pool.

White House Hotel.  A new hotel in back of Victory Beach.

Okata Guesthouse on Victory Hill

Discovery Tours.  A goat farm, river tours and horse rides, BBQ, fishing, and beer, outside of town

The Blind Beggar.  A restaurant/bar downtown

Anie's.  An Aussie restaurant downtown.

Sokhom Guesthouse on Serendipity Beach.

Jam / Rich House.  Korean food by day, party all night next to Serendipity Beach's new pier.

Thida's Inn Restaurant.  across from Fortuna serving English foods and pizza

Bambula Grill Cafeteira.  A new restaurant on Ocheteaul Beach with Finnish hosts.

Douceur Du Cambodge.  A French Bakery near the market.

Cambodian Resort.  A resort with swimming pool in back of Ocheteaul Beach

Dr. Fish.  A foot massage on Ocheteaul Beach.  And the 800 doctors are small fish.

Ku Kai Japanese has a new location downtown.

Pagoda Rocks.  A mountainside bungalow resort with swimming pool.

San San.  A Khmer breakfast joint.

Sihanoukville Villa.  A small boutique hotel on Ocheteaul Beach.

White Beach Hotel with swimming pool on Ocheteaul Beach.

Hooha Guesthouse - (forgot them earlier in the year) on the 3rd street in back of Ocheteaul Beach

Galaxy Cinema - Movies and Games

Harmonia Luxury Guesthouse - on Victory Hill, with a fine restaurant

JJ's Country Kitchen & Guesthouse - Home made English foods

Khmer Broneth Resort - A quiet resort with a swimming pool

Koh Thmey Resort - an Island resort off the coast from Ream National Park

Leng Meng Guesthouse - a longtime favorite right on Serendipity Beach

Nasa Guesthouse & Lotus Massage - Just off the Golden Lions Circle

Panorama Beach Bar - a new beach bar on Serendipity Beach with lots of activites

ParaVille Paragliding - Paramotoring, and lessons too.

Polowai White Sands Guesthouse - an isolated guesthouse, on Ocheteaul Beach

PreteMama Yacht Tours - a new luxury yacht for rent by the hour or day

Rainbow Guesthouse - a budget guesthouse on Blue Mountain

Sampo Meas III Khmer Restaurant - A longtime favorite right across from Beach Club Resort

Sovann Phoum Guesthouse - another old favorite, next to Cambodian Resort on Ocheteaul

Stevie C's Sports Bar - at the Golden Lions Plaza, Ocheteaul



and Jonathan has a new book out with sketches of SihanoukVille.

You can also find over 100 videos of SihanoukVille on YouTube on the SnookyVille Channel


Other than that, everything's pretty much the same.  Christmas / New Years next month should be the busiest time of year.  Several new restaurants and hotels are going up around town as always.  A large shopping center, Pearl City, (along with 100's of homes, offices, apartments, and offices) should be open by January 2011.

SihanoukVille, Cambodia, Summer 2010

SihanoukVille's seen a lot of action this summer.

Lots of tourist from Europe, Australia and North America (not so many Mexicans) came to enjoy the rain, and surprisingly a lot of sun.  Also, several (more than a few) cruise ships docked for daily excursions.

Sokha Resort and Independence Hotels are both finishing up major expansions for the coming Winter.

Sadly, we lost part of Otres Beach, but it should be replaced with an amazing garden sometime in the next several years.  Independence Beach, outside of Independence Hotel is now open, and sports a new garden for about a kilometer stretch.

Some new businesses opened recently are:

Hanuman's Boutique near Serendipity Beach,
Victory Club on Victory Hill,
Paradise Bungalows on Koh Rong Island,
Malibu House on Serendipity Beach, and
SihanoukVille Villa Hotel near Ocheteaul Beach.

Construction continues all over town on new hotels and restaurants, housing and condo developments, and business parks.

The road to Bokor Mountain, and hour outside of SihanoukVille is almost complete, and when opened will lead to a Billion dollar plus resort with casino, golf course, several theme parks and other attractions.

Kampot town, an hour and a half from SihanoukVille is benefiting, and the town has been upgraded with new roads, street lights, walkways and gardens along the riverfront.

And SihanoukVille's sister seaside resort of Kep is still a sleepy, hilly, town on the beach, but also undergoing an upgrade as well.  The crab market on the seashore has been fixed up, and several new first class bungalows, (and tree houses) are now secluded in the hills.


Koh Kong, one of the top entrance ways to SihanoukVille, on the Thai border, has fixed up the riverside district, and is growing as a base for trips to the mountains, riverside and jungle.

 Other than that, life continues.  Now is the rainy season until the end of October.  Lots of clouds and rain, with some beautiful days in between.  Winter should be beautiful, cool days (for Cambodia) from the beginning of November 'til the end of February.

Looking forward to your visit soon!

Pacific Partnership 2010 comes to Sunny SihanoukVille, Cambodia

This week, after the USS Tortuga left the SihanoukVille Port, The American USNS Mercy and Japanese JDS Kunisaki ships arrived to participate in the Pacific Partnership 2010 mission.  Last week, the Tortuga participated in a 9 day shipboard training session with the Cambodian Navy and many training session ashore, as well as a full schedule of community service projects throughout Cambodia.

This week, over 1,000 military and volunteer medical personnel and NGO's brought world class medical care to Cambodia for a week.  They even brought a hospital the size of an oil supertanker with them. (The Mercy was actually was an oil supertanker in it's former life.)

 The USNS Mercy Hospital Ship.  Part of the Pacific Partnership 2010 mission

The teams from the ships, as well the local embassies and international NGO's (Non Governmental Organizations), also worked on community service projects throughout Cambodia.

At The Goodwill School.  SihanoukVille, Cambodia

The SihanoukVille Hospital had more patients in a week, than in a usual year. Usually not a good situation, but in this case, we'll make an exception.  Top quality medical services for free is usually a good thing.  Even Operation Smile returned for a visit.

Some travelled several days to get here, so they're glad to wait a few hours longer

at the SihanoukVille Hospital

Some of the ship's personnel took some time out to visit the Angkor Beer Brewery.  Brewed fresh, 24 hours a day, everyday, they couldn't resist sampling Cambodia's National Beer.  Made only in SihanoukVille, of course!

 International Relations are always better with a cold one in hand.

It's been a busy couple of weeks in SihanoukVille, and we're all loving it!

A Big Thanks to everyone who's helped out in the last couple weeks.

Cambodia's a much healthier and happier country for all your efforts.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!