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I know my blog hasn’t been updated recently but that’s because I’m busy work­ing on this.

So what is this StageKL thingy?

Well, if you still remember, I’ve men­tioned this before in my blog about me start­ing a per­sonal project and I will announce what is it when the time is right.

And now the time has come.

Proudly present *drums roll* StageKL!

StageKL is a web­site where you can find all the per­form­ing arts events such as musi­cals, the­atres, con­certs and dances hap­pen­ing around Kuala Lumpur.

The web­site is now in final stage of devel­op­ment so stay tuned to http://stagekl.com because the real thing is com­ing very soon.

Finally it’s here! The last post for my Cam­bo­dia trip.

And I have to say that I love this set of pic­tures the most because we went to the beach!

A bridge on the beach.

After we went around Phnom Penh for a day, we drove all the way down to Sihanoukville to get some blue sky, white sandy beaches and clear water.

From Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville.

The weather was really on our side.

A jetty at a fish­ing vil­lage and crys­tal clear water.

We stayed at this Tran­quil­ity Guest­house for 2 days. Every­thing was great but too bad some­thing happened.

The gov­ern­ment was doing some cel­e­bra­tion thus draw­ing all the elec­tric­ity to the city and we left we unsta­ble elec­tric and water supply.

Tran­quil­ity Guesthouse.

But the beau­ti­ful beach has already made up to it.

Blue sky, white sandy beach and clear water.

Besides, when we got to eat some deli­cious seafood, who cares about no elec­tric­ity or water?!

Look at the golden scrump­tious mouth-watering prawns and crabs, mmmh… don’t you just feel like lick­ing your mon­i­tor now?

Man­tis prawns, prawns and crabs.

A boat parked near the beach.

Given the beau­ti­ful scener­ies, how can we resist from camwhor­ing right? Right, so we did.

Me walk­ing on the beach.

Erin under the bridge.

More of us pos­ing under the bridge.

The next day, we went island hop­ping and snorkelling.

We stopped at one of the islands and our tour guide pre­pared the lunch on the beach for us.

Grill fish and French bread for lunch on the beach.

Well, I have to say that snorkelling there wasn’t as good as some islands in Malaysia for exam­ple Redang. The reefs and fishes there were very limited.

All of us done with snorkelling.

So this is it, the end of our jour­ney started from Siem Reap all the way to Sihanoukville.

Really wanna thank Sophea for all her effort in mak­ing all the arrange­ments, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, food order­ing, price argu­ing and tour guiding.

It was really a won­der­ful and mean­ing­ful trip.

All the things I saw, all the food I ate and all the expe­ri­ences I had, will surely remain in my mem­ory for many years to come.

All of us with Sophea’s family.

Cam­bo­dia Series

• Cam­bo­dia Part 1 — Siem Reap
• Cam­bo­dia Part 2 — Angkor
• Cam­bo­dia Part 3 — Tonle Sap
• Cam­bo­dia Trailer
• Cam­bo­dia Part 4 — Phnom Penh
• Cam­bo­dia Part 5 Finale — Sihanoukville (this)

After we done with Siem Reap, we adjourned to Phnom Penh — the cap­i­tal of Cambodia.

The city of Phnom Penh viewed from the Mekong River.

We took an express bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. The jour­ney took us 6 hours. We departed at noon and we reached Phnom Penh in the evening.

From Siem Reap to Phnom Penh.

We stayed at Sophea’s house for 3 days. Really appre­ci­ate the hos­pi­tal­ity she and her fam­ily provided.

Her fam­ily was so accom­moda­tive they really made us felt at home.

Home-cook din­ner by Sophea’s mother.

And not for­get­ting to men­tion that Sophea’s mother can really cook.

The dishes were so nice we fin­ished every­thing till the last drop every meal.

Home-cooked Khmer food.

Phnom Penh City

The next day, we went around Phnom Penh and vis­ited some pop­u­lar tourist attractions.

Monks on the street and Cambodia’s tallest building.

Before I go fur­ther, I have to men­tion that the food in Phnom Penh was sim­ply awesome!

Espe­cially the beef noo­dle I had. No beef noo­dle in Malaysia can beat that.

Deli­cious beef noo­dles for breakfast.

Pagoda viewed through the gate.

Cam­bo­dia National Museum

We vis­ited the National Museum. Not very big but it’s def­i­nitely a good place to know more about the his­tory of Cam­bo­dia and the ancient Khmer Empire.

In front of the Cam­bo­dia National Museum.

Sil­ver Pagoda

The Sil­ver Pagoda is a tem­ple which the entire floor is cov­ered with over 5,000 sil­ver tiles and each of them weighs over 1kg.

The Sil­ver Pagoda.

Ah Miaow in action.

Food again. And it was as deli­cious as any other meals we had in Cam­bo­dia. Really miss the food there.

Cam­bo­dian “mixed rice” for lunch.

Choe­ung Ek the Killing Field

Ok this is a bit of a long story. In a nut­shell, it’s a place to com­mem­o­rate at least 1,386,734 vic­tims being killed and buried at this place by the Khmer Rouge regime.

Read more about the story about the Killing Field at Wikipedia.

Choe­ung Ek the Killing Fields.

Saw a very nice scene while we were trav­el­ling and stopped to take pictures.

A girl car­ry­ing fire­woods back to the house above water.

Mekong River Cruise

At evening, we went for river cruise at the Mekong River to enjoy the cool breeze and to see the city from far.

Camwhore on Mekong River dur­ing our river cruise.

It was def­i­nitely a good day trip. Expe­ri­ence is always bet­ter than lis­ten. As the Chi­nese proverb says,

Rather to walk a thou­sand miles than to read a mil­lion books.

It means that it’s bet­ter to go out and see the world with your own eyes than to read about the world through the books.

This is very true because if I were to read about Cam­bo­dia through books or online only, I will never know how the fried crick­ets taste like in real.

Fried crick­ets for snacks.

Cam­bo­dia Series

• Cam­bo­dia Part 1 — Siem Reap
• Cam­bo­dia Part 2 — Angkor
• Cam­bo­dia Part 3 — Tonle Sap
• Cam­bo­dia Trailer
• Cam­bo­dia Part 4 — Phnom Penh (this)
• Cam­bo­dia Part 5 Finale — Sihanoukville