Leaving Sihanoukville May 1st.

Our last view at breakfast time from the hotel restaurant of the Blue Ridge.

We are checking out after a quick visit here. We enjoyed coming and the Cambodians here are as friendly and nice as the rest of the country.

This sand crab is little and fast.  I was lucky to get such good pictures of them going into their hole.


Elder Ott and Elder Michelson were definitely enjoying the beach. Elder Ott is from California. He and I gathered a bunch of shells. The Blue Ridge is in the background


In the distance is a new bridge going to an island.  It will be opening soon and I guess there are tourists things there. I noticed a small beach on the side we were on. It was an interesting place to go. From Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville it is a 4 hour ride by car.  If you go by one of the Cambodian taxis, it is faster, but also maybe a little dangerous as they travel fast.

Leaving our hotel we come across a few rolling hills. The weather is not so hazy today.

Leaving the city center we come across the peaceful and not peaceful lions.

We are really going up hill, but you can't tell.

And here still going up hill?  San Franciso?  Not quite, but a reminder.

In between Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh, it is quite rural. 

Still going up hill!  Promise!

On the flat lands we pass five a family of five on a motto.

  One of my favorite scenes of this drive was seeing the young man and his water buffalo.  He has his stick with him in case the buffalo gets too far away!

I would say those are kind of moutains in the background!

Crossing a bridge we see these very quiet riverside homes, except we could hear alot of geese honking.

 I'm not sure, but I think this nice river runs into the ocean.

 The hammock was across the bridge in between two trees.  No homes there. I guess someone put it there for the wanderer or someone who needed a rest.

This was a first for us.  The guy's moto's front wheel is in the back of the van. and he is hanging on with his hand on the trunk. As we passed them he was tired and laid his head on the trunk.  I guess he got home safe!

I was so happy to see the mountain ranges that I took several pictures. This was beautiful country and even though we were planning some trainings we still saw a variety of scenes.