Bamboo Island

Last weekend, a friend from RDI and I went to Sihanoukville. It's about a 4 hour bus ride from Phnom Penh, which, depending on the busline can be somewhat relaxing or horribly uncomfortable. Maybe I shouldn't quite say relaxing, because there is always the swaying back and forth in your seat from the bus barreling down the road passing people and then slamming on the brakes when a cow/buffalo/child/moto is in the path of the bus. No matter how many times you experience this, it still startles you from whatever you were doing. The rule of the road is that the right-of-way goes to the largest vehicle. So despite the busdriver passing people at any time (curves mean nothing when it comes to passing), because we are usually the biggest on the road, you feel a sense of safety...as false as that may be. Anyway, knowing that you are traveling to the place above definitely makes the trip worthwhile.

Bamboo Island is about an hour boat ride off the coast of Sihanoukville...