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Crime

Sihanoukville is Cambodia’s beach resort. The white sand beaches and umbrellas remind me of Playa del Carmen in the Yucatan Peninsula. Being a beach town, beach tourism comes with the territory; sleazy bars, fat men in speedos, and as we unfortunately first-handedly experienced - crime. Last night, after an evening of having some drinks on the beach, some of the group decided to walk back to hotel. On the road, just before the entrance to the hotel, a man on a motorcycle drove up to one of our groups’ travelers, Carmel, and tried grabbing her purse of her shoulder. Instinct set in and she held on, but not before being dragged 50 feet through the gravel on the side of the road. Fortunately, the mugger decided to let go. Unfortunately for Carmel, however, she was pretty banged up with cuts and bruises all over her arms and torso. She was taken to the hospital here, but I am afraid she has not received the quality of care we are used to. She has gone back again today to have her bandages redressed. We expect she will be ok to finish the rest of the trip, but I can’t imagine the bus rides will be very comfortable for her.

Tomorrow we spend a day on a jungle tour of the Sihanoukville islands, then off to the Cambidoan capitol, Phnom Penh

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Yeah, still have had access to only the slowest and least capable computers in the world. If I decide to do some global outreach, this may be the place. I do wish I could share them with you. I think in Vietnam I will have more opportunities.