Do you remember when we were little and before bed they told us a wonderful story? When the time came I always asked for the same thing: “Tell me Peter's! Tell me Peter's. ” No, not Peter Griffin's! Peter Pan's! Yes, I admit, olive green tights have no excuses, but I would have sold my entire collection of mini ponies and watercolors to travel with Peter to Neverland.
Second star on the right!
The blue of the sea, the green of its mountains and the most incredible adventures ever imagined and also, if as a child when you went to the beach there were more people than in a shop at 70% discount on the first day of sales and lying on the towel without smelling the feet of the stranger next door was like winning the lottery, you will appreciate the fact of being in a country, on a semi-desert island. There with Peter was only his group of children, a crocodile, some pirates and pretty fairies. So much!
I'm still waiting for Peter's visit, and I hope he has changed the way he dresses! But since I am a modern and independent backpacker next to Rober I have gone to look for an island that resembles that of never before ... We search well, north, south, until in Thailand we find a very beautiful, but no! She was not, the beach was fantastic, there were green mountains and crystal clear waters but it was also crowded. We were getting discouraged until we found her!
Two horitas, moviditas, by boat from the south coast of Cambodia. Choosing where to sleep is easy: the island has about 10 accommodations that go from the Spartan “resort” with little cabins in the sand to common bedrooms with direct views of the sea (and when I say direct are direct: there are no walls !!). We end up at the top of a restaurant that for a few dollars gives you the right to a double room with shared bathroom and unexpected night visits of lizards that look at you from the ceiling (yes, the right to privacy is guaranteed thanks to the mosquito net)
In our country of never you can never spend the days lying on the beach, bathing in the green waters, exploring the jungle (or losing yourself as it happened to us), eating in delicious and humble restaurants, playing with the funny local children, riding on the swing in front of the busiest bar and you don't have to worry about the place in the sand: we were at most about 20 tourists on the whole island! This is the real luxury!
Almost almost, when Peter comes to see me instead of going to his island, I tell him to fly to ours: Koh Rong, the backpackers paradise!
Transport. How to get to Koh Rong?
The ferry costs $ 15 / v from Sihanoukville. It takes two hours.
Accommodation Where to sleep in Koh Rong?
The double at the yum yum restaurant costs $ 5.
Where to eat?
There are about 4 restaurants on the beach, try amok, the Cambodian specialty. Very good !!!!
Electricity: there is no wifi or internet, electricity is only about 4 hours, from 7pm to 11pm (* update: today there is electricity for most of the day and several sites offer Wi-Fi)
EYE Update
We returned to Koh Rong a couple of years later and the thing had changed completely ... it was no longer that almost virgin island with 15 tourists ... it became a wilder place ... but in a bad way ... If you want you can see our "Back to Neverland ”
