We had booked a minibus taxi to Sihanouville on the coast (the advantage of travelling in a large group is that this comes an option that only costs a pound or two more that if we had all jumped on the bus, and of course gives us door to door travel)
We left around 9.30, getting the driver to stop off at a money change shop (Nics ATM card is not working out here so he needed to change some money) and an ATM for Jim. We are off to an Island for 5 days where the economy is cash only, no ATMs and there is a limit on how much can be withdrawn daily.
Getting out of PP was time consuming due to heavy traffic,, then the usual long straight road inhabited by bikes, motorbikes, Tuk Tuks, cars (etc). On this road there was considerably more lorries, especially petrol tankers coming in from the ports. There were also several stops for cows and buffalo sauntering across the road.
The journey was slower than expected about 5 hours. After finding our guest house (Ropanha Boutique Hotel) we went off to find the beach. A bit disappointing at first at it was packed the steals and a few powerboats, but we walked a Km or so away from town and pretty well had the beach to ourselves. As it was so hot (albeit overcast) we wallowed in the sea for a good hour. Then got hot again walking home so jumped in the hotel pool before finding something to eat. It's low season (Rainey season) so there is a huge oversupply of eating choices and prices are therefore pretty competitive.
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