by Miguelito » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:27 am
I enjoy staying at The One Resort in Koh Rong Samloen. You take the speed ferry out, and then they pick you up on their little boat to bring you and your bags the several hundred meters to the resort. The boat guy phones the resort and they're there waiting for you on the beach, and welcome you.
Once I check in, I like to hang around the pool and drink cold beer, go swimming, chat with other people, etc. Throughout the day you will see more people arrive. All of the Westerners show up excited to hang by the pool, order lunch, swim in the ocean, etc. The Chinese (and to a lesser extent the Vietnamese) will show up with a bungalow booked for 2 (or 4) with 6-8 people, planning to pack into it for the night. They'll have cases of water and beer, and bags of styrofoam containers. They enter like a hot mess, start eating their own food, and seem to take over the place. But then they disappear to their room, and you hardly see them again (except for lots of posing on the water's edge around the time that the sun is setting). I've seen this routine almost every time I've stayed there. As a hotelier, I imagine it is extremely hard to deal with clients that continually arrive with three times the number of guests the room is designed for, and bringing all of their own food, drinks, etc.
I enjoy staying at The One Resort in Koh Rong Samloen. You take the speed ferry out, and then they pick you up on their little boat to bring you and your bags the several hundred meters to the resort. The boat guy phones the resort and they're there waiting for you on the beach, and welcome you.
Once I check in, I like to hang around the pool and drink cold beer, go swimming, chat with other people, etc. Throughout the day you will see more people arrive. All of the Westerners show up excited to hang by the pool, order lunch, swim in the ocean, etc. The Chinese (and to a lesser extent the Vietnamese) will show up with a bungalow booked for 2 (or 4) with 6-8 people, planning to pack into it for the night. They'll have cases of water and beer, and bags of styrofoam containers. They enter like a hot mess, start eating their own food, and seem to take over the place. But then they disappear to their room, and you hardly see them again (except for lots of posing on the water's edge around the time that the sun is setting). I've seen this routine almost every time I've stayed there. As a hotelier, I imagine it is extremely hard to deal with clients that continually arrive with three times the number of guests the room is designed for, and bringing all of their own food, drinks, etc.