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Wat Leu Pagoda, also known as Upper pagoda, is one of the most beautiful Buddhist temples of Sihanoukville. Wat Leu is located on the top of the mountain, about 3km away from Sihanoukville Autonomous port. It is a religious and historical site as well as a temple with significant and architecture. Wat Leu pagoda is covered by beautiful taller trees that offering a lot of shade and shelters for the birds and monkeys, so from its location, the pagoda offers visitors an unforgettable and admirable gorgeous sunset panoramas await and the view to Sihanoukville city also the beaches.

As we step into the temple, we will feel peaceful and quiet because of the colorful paintings on the wall of the building and the holy statue of Buddha facing to the door where Buddhist people pray to their ancestors. All the aspects inside the building makes the visitors dumb struck and busy with taking picture of the Buddhism history.

It is the biggest fishing village in Sihanoukville, 10 minutes drive from the port. The village was moved from it used to be for allowance of construction of the new port. At the moment fishing village is known as Tumnob Rolok commune and it is the main seafood giver in Sihanoukville. It is not only a fishing village but also a place fishermen build and repair the boats.  Moreover, the houses in the village are built on the surface of the ocean, they are called floating houses. If pay attention to the boats, there will be seen some flowers on the head of the boats which people organized for offering to Grandmother Mao for safety during fishing in the ocean. Usually there  are more than one people working in one boat they all have different position like a boatman, mechanic, fisherman and so on. 

The traditional houses are usually built higher than the land, because some season flooding. Traditional houses always have the basic of structure consists of wooden frame and the roof is erected before the walls on upper floors are inserted. 

The houses are located in Smach Daeng village, Prey Nub district of Sihanoukville, about 23km away from the city center. As we arrive the local houses, first we will see is the spirit shrines that were constructed on the playground just in front of the house. All spirit shrines were built to dedicate to their ancestors who passed away for a long time. At the other side of the house, is the garden where people grow vegetables, at the back side separately from the house, is a very old Khmer style kitchen which all kind of their food is always cooked in that ancient cookers, and behind the kitchen, there is a big shade which is full of their cattle. When we walk around, please do not forget to look at the wall of the house, there are some fishing instruments hanging on for the season of fishing. It is such an ancient house in Sihanoukville and we only can explore the traditional houses at the outside of the city. SK Tours Sihanoukville likes to share the world with the reality of Cambodian lives.  

Well, Education in Cambodia is divided into Pre-school, Primary school, Secondary school, High school and Higher Education. There are two shifts, the morning shift and the afternoon shift. The morning shift starts from 7 o’clock to 11 o’clock and the afternoon shift starts from 1 o’clock to 5 o’clock. The schooldays in Cambodia are from Monday to Saturday morning.

There are five subjects in Primary school: Mathematics, Khmer study, Science, Social study and Sports. The students have to study for six years from Grade 1 to Grade 6 and then they will go to secondary school if they pass the final exam. Three years in Secondary school from Grade 7 to Grade 9 and the other three years for High school from Grade 10 to Grade 12. Thus, that means students spend 12 years before going to Higher Education.

The students wear white shirts with black or blue trousers or skirts and they are allowed to start school until they are from six to thirteen years old. Students go to school by walking and bicycle. In Cambodia schools are free to everyone, so we do not have to pay for the school except the private schools. To get success in study students do not only base on the teachers but also their parents’ motivation or encouragement. Cambodia is a kind of mixed classes- boys can study with girls and girls can go with boys.

Finally, Education in Cambodia is getting better and better and we have more schools than in the Khmer Rouge regime or in the past time.

The market located on Street 7 Makara (meaning 7,January street). About 5km from the port. The market offers a good selection of food and flowers as well as traveler’s sundries such as shampoo, toothpaste and razors etc.... the market opens and closes with the sun. On the weekend,  the market is the most busiest day, both locals and foreigners go shopping from early morning till lunch time. In addition, the front parts of the market are clothes and shoes stalls. In the back parts it fills up with seafood and all kind of vegetable gathering.

Phsar Leu market is the biggest market in Sihanoukville and it is a place you can buy some souvenirs during your holiday in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and it is the most popular sight for local people from the other parts in Cambodia to enjoy their days off. The market will surprise you with a lot of different from your countries. The sellers and vendors are very friendly, they like calling people to buy their products while they are walking along the way in.  

Located on Otres beach,  5km from downtown. The resort  serves  you with an authentic  restaurant in a tasteful  settings. If you want to enjoy the real Cambodian cuisine in a comfortable restaurant, then Naia is the place. Best enjoyed by sharing the food both Cambodian and Western style with your friends and family, which allows you to sample a variety of flavors and sunbathing along the white sand beach. The beach is called Otres 2, being the relatively new-and smaller-area at the east end. In between is about a mile of unoccupied sandy beach which only really fills up on the weekend.

More recently Otres 2 has been developed, and for those unable to venture to the islands, this area has very much island feel and would be the best setting for your holiday. Beyond the beachfront bars where is rural Cambodia. Otres village lies just back beyond the road and hidden among its rice paddies are some of Sihanoukville’s more unique destinations. The estuary and mangroves are now being developed as an alternative to the white sands, and new business appear every month. As they have recently begun to develop the road linking Otres 2 with the airport, except this section continue growing. For those looking for tranquility, Otres and estuary are the places to go.