Focal-point of the Cambodian beach

The focal-point of the Cambodian beach scene in Sihanoukville, a relatively new town, carved out of the coast during the Indochinese wars to give Cambodia a deep-water port. Named after King Sihanouk, the area was originally known as Kompong Som, and most Khmers continue to refer to by this name. Today the port is one of Cambodia's main windows to oversea trade and, as the road has improved, so the containers have moved from train to truck. Travellers planning on taking the train will be hard-pressed to find one running now -- the trains run very infrequently.