Today we're in Sihanoukville to check out the beach. Let me tell you what the Lonely Planet says about this place. Surrounded by white sand beaches and as yet undeveloped tropical islands Sihanoukville is Cambodia's premier seaside resort. Let me show you that: Let us tell you about a few of the things we've found on the beach: flip flops, a broken bottle of absolute vodka, a pregnancy test, a bottle of hot sauce, some fishing lines, construction materials, plastic and just lots of garbage in general. It is not just in a few select areas this is all over the beach.
Totally littered. I first came here back in 2008 and when I arrived at the time this was actually quite a nice little spot. It was what you would consider an alternative to the beaches in Thailand but what has happened here over these last several years, I mean it is disgusting. This is officially in my opinion paradise ruined.
I think it is a shame that people aren't taking better care of the beach because it really is a beautiful setting. You have the lush tropical vegetation and you have boats and the water is a perfect temperature but there is just so much garbage that I'm afraid of going into the water because my leg could get caught up with a glass bottle. I'm disappointed. To try and salvage this situation we're actually going to be checking in to quite a nice hotel.
It is our one year anniversary. We came here with the plan of relaxing on the beach and really enjoying swimming and other activities in and around the beach area. But since it is ruined more or less we're going to have to make up for it in other ways and we're not going to be staying here nearly as long as we had planned either. This is just disgusting from both the perspective of tourists, the backpackers and the locals.
I mean how could this have happened. I'm not impressed. In this case, I think both parties are to blame. Backpackers for being dirty and not taking care of their crap and throwing it in the garbage but also locals for not taking the initiative to clean up their own beach and encourage tourism. I think both parties need to step it up a little bit.
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