Julia Rose's Excellent Adventure!: Cambodia!!

I left my room of 9 boys in Saigon on the 5th and caught an early bus to Phnom Penh. There was lovely Irish Stephen, English Alex, Swedish Daniel and Swedish Johan who both taught me a lot of Swedish. Then there were the two Danish boys who sat around in their tighty whities a lot. Norwegian Robin and Norwegian Anders who were awesome and have been traveling for a LONG time. And the nice Malaysian boy who had the unfortunate luck of being a horrendous snorer and sleeping next to me, which, in turn, meant that he got a few good whollops during the night.
Christian arrived the next morning after a loooong journey from London! We spent the day exploring the city of Phnom Penh while trying to get used to the intense heat! The next day we booked our tickets straight for the beaches of Sihanoukville to relax and chillout (more for Christian as I've been doing that very thing for over a month now). Sihanoukville is great, and most certainly relaxing! We stayed near Independence Beach along with all the other backpackers, and spent some time on the beach and Otres Beach. The beaches are lined with comfy chairs outside bars and seafood restaurants, so a yummy dinner is never far away!
We spent the last two days on Monkey Island which is a two hour boat trip from Sihanoukville, and definitely worth the trip! The island is incredible. We stayed in a little hut right on the water, on a lovely white sandy beach. Yesterday we did a little jungle hike across the island to the most beautiful beach I've ever seen...and we had it pretty much to ourselves!! I couldn't believe how remote it was, but apparently the owner doesn't advertise it because he likes it quiet...fair enough as it was lovely! Totally bummed that I can't go in the water because of my motorcycle burn, but its hard to complain when you're in the most beautiful place in the world!
We're off to Phnom Penh in a bit to do some more exploring and site seeing, and then to Siem Reap! x