Cambodia Bamboo Island

Cambodia Bamboo Island Last week, I took my own advice about not wasting time and spent my last few days in Cambodia on the seculuded Bamboo Island. I’m glad I did — it turned out to be the highlight of my trip and my first glimpse into Khmer (Cambodian) culture. Bamboo Island is an hour off the country’s southern coast, near the town of Sihanoukville (where I’ve been the last month). It’s a small island that you can cross in 10 minutes and has only two beaches. There isn’t a lot of snorkeling here. There’s no Internet. No power except from 6pm to 11pm. No hot water. No fans. It’s just you, the beach, a good book, and a handful of other people (there are only ten bungalows). I spent my days on the beach, did a freestyle poetry night, the limbo, and caught up on the last season of the  Family Guy . After a few stressful months of writing trying to meet my book deadline, it was just what I needed. But what I enjoyed most was my night with the Cambodians on the island. I had come to t...