We woke up on day two of our diving trip with Island Divers to the sounds of the ocean and the feel of the breeze blowing up between the floorboards of our over-the-pier dorm. Koh Rong Samlom was stirring to life, and the village hummed with activity. While we were slightly bummed over our lackluster experience…

When you think of diving and South East Asia, what comes to mind? The coral reefs in Malaysia? The jellyfish of Palau? The liveaboards traversing the Similan islands? How about… diving in Cambodia? Most likely not. While neighboring Thailand is one of the world’s dive training meccas and Vietnam has its own scuba niche, Cambodia’s dive…

As fun as it was, hanging out on the beach and relaxing under the sun, we decided to spend our second day on Koh Rong doing something much more productive: walking through the jungle to the other side of the island, where we could hang out on the beach and relax under the sun. Luckily our…

This was one of those weeks where selecting a Photo of the Week was super hard, and not because I was having trouble narrowing it down or something. It’s because I HAVEN’T LEFT MY APARTMENT IN A WEEK! But the good news is, I’m not bothered in the slightest. I just had seven weeks of fun…

As the ferry drew us further and further from Sihanoukville, I found myself feeling lighter. The sun was shining, the water was as clear as glass, and a hump of land in the distance was slowly growing larger. We were approaching Koh Rong, the second largest island in Cambodia, which in size compares to Hong Kong…

Once I had my fill of wandering the streets of Phnom Penh and pretending I was an urbanite again, Mark and I set out for the beach. Cambodia’s coastline is relatively small, but features a few tourism hotspots. Chief among them is Sihanoukville- backpacker’s paradise and jumping off point to the pristine offshore islands. Not only…