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Preview of Ashleighb's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/ashleighb/1/1270822388/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sihanoukville, Cambodia Entry Title: "I admit it - I'm a flash packer!" Entry: "Hi all, So I now have 6 days to kill until my flight to Vientiane in Laos, so thought I'd hit the beach in Sihanoukville. My plan was to find a nice sandy beach with minimal tourists and I definitely found that in Otres Beach. This piece of paradise is around 3km's from the main touristy area of Serendipity/Occeuteal Beach and costs US$2 to grab a motorbike and rider to take you there. You can get a taxi or Tuk Tuk, but they can only get you so far and you have to walk the rest of the way. There are around 30 different bungalows/restaurants/bars scattered along this beach and as it's low season - hardly any tourists (which is bad for the locals). I was dropped off and wandered up the beach a little bit to find some accommodation. For $10, I found a nice little place called Cinderallas that have 4 bungalows. As there is no electricity in Otres Beach (except for between 6pm and 10pm), you have to make do with a fan plugged onto a car battery to cool you at night and yep, there is no flushing toilet, so it's a western toilet, with a big ól bucket and scooper next to it to pour water down - old fashioned flushing system! So by 1pm I was on a sun bed, eating a mango and getting a massage.....aaaah, bliss. Problem was, after dinner when I walked back and switched on my fan......I couldn't sleep a wink. It was so hot and there was no breeze coming through my screen window so basically I didn't sleep as I was just drenched in sweat all night. I thought I could rough it, but I'm not afraid to admit, that I need my creature comforts, so the next day, I found a hotel 5 metres from Serendipity beach for $18 a night - brand new hotel with air-con, TV and a view of the ocean.....very respectable. This way I have the best of both worlds, I get a comfy hotel and close proximity to the shennanigans of the night time beach/bar action, plus for US$4 a day I can get a dropped off and picked up from Otres Beach......perfect! As I've got a few more days here, I'll report back before I leave! Ash" Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/ashleighb/1/1270822388/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "The street that my hotel is on" 2. "Design flaw??" 3. "View from my room" 4. "My $10 per night bungalow (on the right)" 5. "View 5 metres from my bunglow" 6. "Another view 5 metres from my Bungalow" 7. "I think it's supposed to be a hotel?" 8. "Water park in Occheuteal beach" 9. "Some of the rubbish on the tourist beach" 10. "Sunset at Otres Beach" See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00ca-3fe8-fae7?ytv4=1

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