Pro

Tremendous beaches, great seafood, warm people
Con

Not actually called Kampong Saom
In a nutshell

It's called Sihanoukville, VT people!
Willettsworld Says: This beach (pronounced, roughly, "oh-chur-teal") is on the east side of town, about a 5 minute motorcycle ride from downtown. It runs about 2 kilometres from Serendipity Beach to Otres Beach. Ochheuteal is filled with beach stands and chairs, seafood, burgers, pizza, and...
Tranquility Guesthouse: Tranquility at Serendipity
Carino Says: We were looking for a nice place at the beach to have breakfast and we found Tranquility Guesthouse. It's a western owned guest house that also has a Restaurant / Beach Bar. Our Breakfast was delicious and the view is just great.
Airport: Featuring an old Russian Antonov plane!
Willettsworld Says: This amazing place right on Victory Beach had only just opened when I visited in late December 2008. It features an old Russian Antonov plane on concrete posts inside a hanger shaped building with "business class" lounge areas on each side of the plane, a gold BMW split in...
Willettsworld Says: I was half expecting to find a nice Art Deco French colonial station like the one in Phnom Penh but found this monstrous concrete carbuncle of a building instead. Don't expect any trains to be running from here today, (at a railway station? Come on!), as they stopped running...
Rajana Sihanoukville: Rajana Sihanoukville
Carino Says: Rajana Association is part of Starfish Project and is an income generation and skills training project that produces Fair Trade products using traditional Cambodian skills with contemporary ideas. T-Shirts, Mugs, Cards, etc. Children T-Shirts USD 4, T-Shirts USD 5, Cards...
Willettsworld Says: I visited Sihanoukville for a few days over the New Year 2009 period. Expect many of the hotels and guesthouses to be full during this period. I had wanted to stay on Ochheuteal Beach, as this is the best beach, but instead had to settle on the Victory Beach area. Anyway, I...
Willettsworld Says: There's a very useful Vietnamese consulate on the hill before you come into Downtown from Victory Hill and was where I got my Vietnamese Visa. It only took about 5 minutes of waiting before I had the visa in my passport and in my hand! Quite amazing and just shows you how...
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Free and easy to do. Take a night dip in the ocean (i.e. the Gulf of Thailand). When you move, microscopic aglae glows phosporescent green. Often, you'll see...
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Q: Is it a good time to travel Kampong Saom in Aug? We're planning to head there on 10th Aug 2010 and cosidering other places in...

A: good plan if you try to avoid the crowds, because its rainy season :-) but there's a lot to explore in the area: the reamon national park and nearby Kep and Kampot with...
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Sihanoukville -- Life's a Beach, and Then You Rename It Graced by beautiful beaches and the warm waters of the Gulf of Thailand, Sihanoukville should be one of the great attractions of...
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I think the more common name for Kampong Saom is Sihanoukville. For me it was not the best experience here, I was very sick by then. But even being sick I very much liked the relaxing atmosphere in......
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Sihanoukville - Cambodia's premier beach resort

Sihanoukville is Cambodia's premier beach location but don't expect to find a high-rise concrete jungle here, everything's rather laid back and mellow, a great way to get out of the bustling city of...
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Jon @ 37 in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

(date written : July 6, 2006) Celebrating my B-day here in Sihanoukville, Cambodia... Alone but not sad... No more loneliness... Enjoying the beach... I can fly high... Thanks God that He gave me...
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Sihanoukville is a town in Cambodia. People live there. It is fun! (From the headline in Sihanoukville's infopage) Sihanoukville (also called Kampong Som) is the main beach city and has also the......
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