Bamboo Island

First I spend two nights at the north end of the tiny island. During the day some day trippers came from the mainland for a few hours. Thats when it got the wildest, which is still pretty laid back. Before and afterwards it would be close to boring if there wouldn't be the nice bay, a hammock, a book, the fisher and the local boys playing pool. The food was great even though slightly expensive for Cambodia. One day before I expected to see Freddy my brother showed in the morning. fucked up because of the 12 hours night bus and his equally fucked foot he was glad to go with the flow of the island. The next day we switched to the more rustic, more secluded and generally much nicer southern coast which hosts the second and last hotel on the Island. The bungalow I booked before hand was beautiful and very much functional. Hammocks on the porch offered perfect views of the sea.
For the next few days we had a project every day (because Swiss people cant cope with so much laziness). First day we built a castle with a seven meters diameter. We moved a lot of sand and "worked" all afternoon. Sadly the tide washed everything away the next night. The next day we made a huge face of Buddha into the sand. Then we tried to reach for the stars. Over a period of two days we built a windmill solely out of the materials which we could find on the long stretch of beach. We worked maybe 8 hours per day and were devastated when it didn't work the first time. We adjusted and replaced some of the parts and were delighted to see it turn round and round for the comming days. Who knows - maybe it is still turning.
During the daytime we sometimes went snorkeling for a bit of refreshment and to see the awesome corals and fish (especially on the way back).
In the evenings their was always a beach fire where the Aussies got drunk and invited everybody to join. The food was also very good. A nearly perfect place hidden in the sea in southern Cambodia. Bamboo Island - write it down!