Stuck Indoors in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

When the weather turns bad while travelling to a beach destination, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that the sun comes out. That’s pretty much how we spent our time in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

I’m well aware of the risks taken when travelling to Southeast Asia in the off season. The fact is, you’re going to get wet, as we had just found out when we went for a very wet scooter ride in nearby Kampot; however I know the wet season quite well, and usually what this means is that it absolutely buckets down for about half an hour or so in the late afternoon, while the rest of the day is fine. So going to a beach destination in the wet season in Southeast Asia is perfectly acceptable. You just spend the morning lazing on the beach, then relax in your guesthouse or a bar for the afternoon while it rains, and then go out again at night. I had it all worked out…but in Sihanoukville, none of this happened.

Wandering down to the beach between storms

While there was usually a slight break in the rain in the morning and we were able to at least walk down to the deserted beach, it wasn’t long enough for us to get back to our guesthouse without getting soaked. There was no time for sun baking, and it wasn’t even very hot, so swimming wasn’t appealing at all either.

So what do you do in a beach destination when you can’t go to the beach? You eat and drink.

The very deserted Serendipity Beach

Looking out from a beach bar

We spent our three days in Sihanoukville either in our room, in a restaurant or bar, or wandering between the places in our ponchos. At least there were 50 cent beers!