Koh Rong - On the Beach, Diving and Snorkelling

The veranda where I spent
rather a lot of time doing
not very much

In order to be transported from the mainland to the island of Koh Rong we met at the Dive Shop at 7am.

The first leg of the trip involved us all piling into the The Dive Shop's industrial tuk tuk with our luggage which took us as far as the harbour on the other side of town and from there we caught the boat which would take us on the 2 hour journey to the island.  The Dive Shop has 3 boats, rather unimaginatively called Dive Shop 1, Dive Shop 2 and (you guessed it) Dive Shop 3.  We were catching boat number 1 to Koh Rong.

The standard fare for the boat ride to Koh Rong is $20 return and this service is provided by lots of businesses in Sihanoukville, particularly those with bungalows to rent on the island.  On our trip there were about half a dozen passengers, plus a couple of the guys who work for The Dive Shop and the Cambodian crew.

The two hour trip, after all our horrendous coach and minibus ordeals in Cambodia, was absolute luxury.  On the approach to the village the sight of the pure white sand against the turquoise/light emerald sea was stunning.  It all looked rather picture perfect and so much quieter than Sihanoukville.  After a very pleasant and cool trip we moored at The Dive Shop’s pier in the main village at Koh Rong.