Honestly, when I watched a clip of foreign tourists coming to my country, that is, I recorded a lot.I don't want them to come to my country because my country is not complete because there are many more straight outfits, both human and others. Many more. I'm sorry if Something bad happened to you. I apologize for them as well. My country just got out of the war for a few years. There are many more that need to be improved and thank you for Visiting my country. Thank you.
I wish the best for your country. I wish the best for all the cambodian people. Your country has been through a lot and I hope it comes back strong and free.
I've been to Cambodia several times. It's a beautiful country. I loved Otres Beach, and Ankgor Wat. I taught Cambodian students in Vancouver who escaped during the war. I hope people who visit try to understand what Cambodia has been through, and I want the best for the Cambodian people.
l visited in 2010 on the US Navy ship Mercy We did a humanitarian mission there. It was beautiful, it truly was 😢😢l know it wasn't developed and people struggled...like everywhere else...but people were kind and their land was so beautiful. They had little backpacking hotels along the coast. It was so beautiful...l can't believe they allowed this. Money is not everything, Cambodians are very sweet people. 😢😢😢😢
Ofc everything changed but sweet will never change just because of surrounding...so starts to thinks positively cuz in 2.5 years everything will looks great since the highway route from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville will be finished on March 2023
@@steplanina584 you are correct!!!!!☺☺☺ hopefully l will be booking a vacation there soon!!! greetings from California!!! God bless the beautiful people of Cambodia!
Fast forward to June 2021 and a large portion of the road and infrastructure projects are either complete or wrapping up. The roads look good and many new trees have been planted, some of the beach front roadways actually look really well done. As for the high rise buildings, looks like there is a slowdown in the number of construction starts for obvious reasons. Once the greenery matures and more buildings are completed, Sihanoukville will feel more "complete."
Free market capitalism is a long term strategy with good rewards for the locals, in 2025 we'll see it develop faster once the infrastructure has been places and older buildings are removed to become large market parks e.t.c
@@ericaling3105 oh I understand alright. What you don’t understand is that national mutual cooperation with China on this scale is going to end badly for Cambodia ! China is scamming and bullying its way around the world and many 3rd world and developing countries are paying the price. China will own you!!
It's been 2years and now in 2021 this place is clean and completed build all the environment, road and Drainage system, more than that. Stop being negative in my Country !
Sihanoukville is without a doubt the worst place I’ve ever been in my life. The place is just one big building site. The locals have been driven out to make way for casinos, striplubs and brothels. The place is overrun with wealthy Chinese with too much money and not enough manners. We made the mistake of spending two nights in sihanoukville (one on our way to koh rong and one on our way back from koh rong samloem) and I’ve never felt so on edge in my life. DO NOT STAY HERE! Go straight to the islands because they really are heaven on Earth. It’s only a matter of time before the islands suffer the same fate so if you plan on going DO IT SOON!
Just Fucking go away from my country, We don't need need negative people here ! We are in this country know clearly and not like what you said in the tough time, the people living there also welcome for the development and transformation of this city too.
Yim and I used to hang out on Otres and eat at the local places in town. Last time we were there the local cops showed up to tell the beach bar owner her business was going to get bulldozed. We'd been going there for years. We won't be going back. I remember Ochheuteal in 2001 when there were two sets of rush bungalows on Serendipity. The place was paradise. Sihanoukville is an object lesson in how to destroy an attraction. Cambodians can't afford to holiday there now. It's a damned tragedy.
Great video ,I really appreciate you taking the time to show the massive change in Sihanoukville it was horrible to see the destruction and the bullying of the local people who did not want to leave ,
there is something need to be corrected. 1. Its not destruction, it development ( except you want it to be "third world" forever ) 2.Bullying? better check more information..( or do you thing people occupied land not belong to them is a "good guy" )
Appreciate the walk through. I used to stay at Chochi garden villa. Looks like that was taken and built over. Haven’t been back since Christmas 18 when it wall started falling apart.
last time I was there was 2015 , and the major development hadn't started, how to fuck up a beautiful beach town , its insane,,...il never return there , ...
So clean water, sewage , paved streets , the Chinese are building, staying there . I suppose you’d prefer that the locals stay poor so you can holiday in other people’s misery. Give it a few years it will be modern and nice .
@@stephenguy3901 I don’t think so , China is developing snooky. It had nothing , no drains, clean water , safe energy , good roads . The locals don’t want to go on living like that , chasing pennies from tourists. Ten years from now it will be a modern town with a better life style. You know, like you have in our cities .
I used to go to Sihanoukville most of my holidays but now everyone is changed. The atmosphere of relaxation of beach is gone, beaches are dead most likely. Of course road construction is almost complete but the people is changed. 2021 is better but no tourists but Chiness business people and gamblers.
I wonder if foreigners can own land/houses in Cambodia? I just checked on the internet, and they can't. So I think the Chinese are taking a big risk, putting all this money into Cambodia. In 2004, I was invited to the opening of a new disco in Phnom Penh. The owner was from Singapore. After a few months I asked the friend who invited me there, how the disco was doing. He said the guy from Singapore's Khmer partner, who was Hun Sen's son, basically stole the disco, and the Singapore guy lost everything! Maybe if a lot of Chinese get ripped off, China will invade!
@@mellonhello2526 some one offering to build a luxury villa for your old hut for free .in exchange , their have right to open shop in front of your villa for 3 years for free , and after 3 years all become yours. Dont you want it?
it still great spot,good n fun, and its getting to be better. So dont be sad, its normal that better things are not cheap anymore..Want more Cheap? you can search other region...Burundi maybe?
Yes i could cry...all the poor people still living in that city...becoming crime and gambling city...I was there only for one night in 2019 with my cambodian friend and became very sad. Must have been wonderfully in the past...but...In some years there will be only chinese people there in the concrete desert. Land becomes so expensive...sooner or later there cannot live cambodian people there besides the person sold the city...but even those will not be there because they will find better places to live in...
My advice is stay the h*** out of sihanoukville. Too much politics in Cambodia. All these corrupted politicians destroy this beautiful country. This beach town used to be so beautiful and quiet. Now its belong to the Chinese, all screwed up. I love my country. But I hate the direction it's heading.
Sadly u came just in time of massive transformation processes so everything is a mess but im quite sure if u have the chance to be back 5 years later it would be eye opening n u a right bout this city being reconstructed to whole new city at the same time. its too fast and sorry for people living there cos they been through hard time seeing breathing ..., for many Cambodian this is a big improvement and i have to accept that this city just like being sold to China maybe for now .
The fact is that Chinese 's buildings may be at first for Cambodians to use or live in. But if cambodians can't pay debt in time, Chinese would take these buildings back along with theirs lands. Do you think cambodian can pay back 4 billion dollars which equals = 1/6 gdp cambodia in time? I think it's impossible honestly
@@mellonhello2526 of course we worry bout the debt but it seem cambodia debt still low n everybody worry that Cambodia might fall into china debt trap but for now we not in that list ,yet ? of course we aware of that i hope China dont want any bad reputation in Cambodia one of China trusted allies , i really appreciate about your worry honestly but since Cambodia is A very underdeveloped and depressing country, we do worry those problem just like u but in one hand we happy to see those development as we always wish to be happened here ,we want to move forward and just want to have some modernization like any other country. its a sad truth
@@ចំនេះដឹងថ្មី I understand cambodian's feeling when they witness the development in their country. But cambodian should wary about china as much as possible because for china, no one is its ally since ancient time. And there's no free lunch, china never gives anyone 1 cent for free.
U should come back or searching the video of Sihanouk this 2021 because everything is change and clean . Don’t be stupid by talk blind without doing research about the government project here.
Seems like a full circle is happening here? The western world invested/spent money in China and Asia (past)... Asia/China is investing/spending money on itself (present), and will invest/spend money into the western world (future). You do have to feel for those shop keepers trying to do business with all that construction going on. I've seen other videos with some of the road work complete and I swear some of those street views look like something out of Taipei.
This City is the next Macao and Hong Kong! Next if you are planning to go back make it sure you will bring ample amount of money for your convenient...
Do you know what is political .one morething example when vietnam or thialand start to build a new city so its become to be beautifull just one day or one month? So think when you grow up it start from baby to an old man so to transform a city from nothing building so it will be ugly for the first start but think about the future those building or that city will give a lot of job to cbodian people after develope .sorry i dont blame no one or other country or something bad to other country but just think if china want that land the first step is must be lao or veitnam as i know its just investment and its good for cambodia economy in the future.i think thailand and vietnam have city with the sea like Danang or pataya so cambodia try to build that kind of city as VN and Thailand did .if cambodia lose the land so VN Thailand or Lao will be the next .event USA or Australai still have china town but they didnt lose their land but its a part of economy grow up.china just come to cambodia to support cambodia to be strong because china dont want Veitnam get number one in south east asia so the solutoin is help cambodia because china know that 90% of cambodian hate veitnam as veitnam hate china.sorry i just said something related to my learning political and economy stuff .if i said somethong wrong i am sorry i dony blame vietnam Thai or Loa but its the trust.
concrete jungle nothing beautiful about it now all its beauty is lost. Chinese buildings will fall apart and collapse in less than 10yrz just look at there own Chinese abandoned cities crumbling from new. glad i got to see it before Chinese moved in.
@AllWall WallAll I wouldn't want too! if i wanted to see shitty Chinese construction id go back to that crappy city Beijing. not an engineer amongst them.
In short what you think is beautiful is the people live on poor poverty third world Cambordia? The Chinese bring investment and money to cambordia making the cambordia people rich and well of but is wrong to you?
00:43 i recognised that place. did you stay in sok sabay? i stayed there in june 2018.
yep that's where I stayed. Wonder what it looks like now?
Honestly, when I watched a clip of foreign tourists coming to my country, that is, I recorded a lot.I don't want them to come to my country because my country is not complete because there are many more straight outfits, both human and others. Many more. I'm sorry if Something bad happened to you. I apologize for them as well. My country just got out of the war for a few years. There are many more that need to be improved and thank you for Visiting my country. Thank you.
I wish the best for your country. I wish the best for all the cambodian people. Your country has been through a lot and I hope it comes back strong and free.
I've been to Cambodia several times. It's a beautiful country. I loved Otres Beach, and Ankgor Wat. I taught Cambodian students in Vancouver who escaped during the war. I hope people who visit try to understand what Cambodia has been through, and I want the best for the Cambodian people.
Hey BKK, whats up
l visited in 2010 on the US Navy ship Mercy We did a humanitarian mission there. It was beautiful, it truly was 😢😢l know it wasn't developed and people struggled...like everywhere else...but people were kind and their land was so beautiful. They had little backpacking hotels along the coast. It was so beautiful...l can't believe they allowed this. Money is not everything, Cambodians are very sweet people. 😢😢😢😢
Ofc everything changed but sweet will never change just because of surrounding...so starts to thinks positively cuz in 2.5 years everything will looks great since the highway route from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville will be finished on March 2023
@@steplanina584 you are correct!!!!!☺☺☺ hopefully l will be booking a vacation there soon!!! greetings from California!!! God bless the beautiful people of Cambodia!
Hey I remember years guys.. I was working on the fast ferry to the island
I shot a video here in January and you seemed to have a pretty similar experience to me hahaha. Good video btw
did you go to Victoria hill one strip bars both sides and hotel
I heard they ripped though
any bars left golden loin complex
Fast forward to June 2021 and a large portion of the road and infrastructure projects are either complete or wrapping up. The roads look good and many new trees have been planted, some of the beach front roadways actually look really well done. As for the high rise buildings, looks like there is a slowdown in the number of construction starts for obvious reasons. Once the greenery matures and more buildings are completed, Sihanoukville will feel more "complete."
Free market capitalism is a long term strategy with good rewards for the locals, in 2025 we'll see it develop faster once the infrastructure has been places and older buildings are removed to become large market parks e.t.c
It's criminal that the Cambodian government has not only allowed, but facilitated this to happen to Sihanoukville!!
Lol, You definitely doesnt understand in National mutual cooperation.
@@ericaling3105 oh I understand alright. What you don’t understand is that national mutual cooperation with China on this scale is going to end badly for Cambodia ! China is scamming and bullying its way around the world and many 3rd world and developing countries are paying the price. China will own you!!
@@brin57 your accusation is not really a ccountable, How you can said its going to end badly? are you somekind of paranormal ?
Your government bombed Cambodia, and pushed Cambodian into a civil War.. Your government is evil.
@@BorossAngkor my government did not do this. I am no American.
It's been 2years and now in 2021 this place is clean and completed build all the environment, road and Drainage system, more than that. Stop being negative in my Country !
Country was great. Just not Sihanoukville While I was there.
Sihanoukville is without a doubt the worst place I’ve ever been in my life.
The place is just one big building site.
The locals have been driven out to make way for casinos, striplubs and brothels.
The place is overrun with wealthy Chinese with too much money and not enough manners.
We made the mistake of spending two nights in sihanoukville (one on our way to koh rong and one on our way back from koh rong samloem) and I’ve never felt so on edge in my life.
DO NOT STAY HERE!
Go straight to the islands because they really are heaven on Earth.
It’s only a matter of time before the islands suffer the same fate so if you plan on going DO IT SOON!
Well said, sir! 🙏
Ikr Cambodia was better better Chinese influence but when can we do we are not the government or politicians
Just Fucking go away from my country, We don't need need negative people here ! We are in this country know clearly and not like what you said in the tough time, the people living there also welcome for the development and transformation of this city too.
hello drew, I want to visit cambodia someday food must be delicious there
Thanks, actually it is my favorite out of all the asian countries.
no!! Go to Korea!.....Awesome grub!
I hope to go there also. Not going to be able to go anywhere for a long time by the looks of things :(
Thank you guy❤️
Yim and I used to hang out on Otres and eat at the local places in town. Last time we were there the local cops showed up to tell the beach bar owner her business was going to get bulldozed. We'd been going there for years. We won't be going back. I remember Ochheuteal in 2001 when there were two sets of rush bungalows on Serendipity. The place was paradise. Sihanoukville is an object lesson in how to destroy an attraction. Cambodians can't afford to holiday there now. It's a damned tragedy.
FYI they dont own the land where they build business there. Or maybe in your country you can build and do any business on other's property ?
Lol, then you need to come and see now, lot of local in the "new beach", proving your opinion is wrong bro.
Great video ,I really appreciate you taking the time to show the massive change in Sihanoukville it was horrible to see the destruction and the bullying of the local people who did not want to leave ,
there is something need to be corrected.
1. Its not destruction, it development ( except you want it to be "third world" forever )
2.Bullying? better check more information..( or do you thing people occupied land not belong to them is a "good guy" )
Appreciate the walk through. I used to stay at Chochi garden villa. Looks like that was taken and built over. Haven’t been back since Christmas 18 when it wall started falling apart.
I was there three years ago and thought it was bad, but it was nothing like this. The greed of the Chinese and Cambodian government is disgusting.
What is disgusting in developing Country? ah i think you want it to be "cheap" forever :)
Better than being poor forever. Not everyone will win in this situation. Rich richer and poor poorer.
last time I was there was 2015 , and the major development hadn't started, how to fuck up a beautiful beach town , its insane,,...il never return there , ...
They didn't count on it so they do what is best for them.
lol don't you mean what's best for the Chinese! 🤣 the khmer don't own it now!
So clean water, sewage , paved streets , the Chinese are building, staying there . I suppose you’d prefer that the locals stay poor so you can holiday in other people’s misery. Give it a few years it will be modern and nice .
These are spoiled people who use to cheap vacations and thinking they are special and new cities being developed have them flustered.
Kevin Henderson you're dreaming
@@stephenguy3901 I don’t think so , China is developing snooky. It had nothing , no drains, clean water , safe energy , good roads . The locals don’t want to go on living like that , chasing pennies from tourists. Ten years from now it will be a modern town with a better life style. You know, like you have in our cities .
I used to go to Sihanoukville most of my holidays but now everyone is changed. The atmosphere of relaxation of beach is gone, beaches are dead most likely. Of course road construction is almost complete but the people is changed. 2021 is better but no tourists but Chiness business people and gamblers.
Sihanoukville was never the jewel of Cambodia's tourism industry. Angkor Wat, anyone?
I wonder if foreigners can own land/houses in Cambodia? I just checked on the internet, and they can't. So I think the Chinese are taking a big risk, putting all this money into Cambodia. In 2004, I was invited to the opening of a new disco in Phnom Penh. The owner was from Singapore. After a few months I asked the friend who invited me there, how the disco was doing. He said the guy from Singapore's Khmer partner, who was Hun Sen's son, basically stole the disco, and the Singapore guy lost everything! Maybe if a lot of Chinese get ripped off, China will invade!
lol
It is going to be the New York of Cambodia. Thank you China bring these tall buildings instead of American bombs,
Time to pay debt to china too. Take care
Mellon Hello how do u knows? Tell me I will listen...don’t just blurt out a word through ur perspective cuz most of it never gets good results
@@steplanina584 Are these buildings free? If not how do ur country pay for it? Just wonder
@@mellonhello2526 some one offering to build a luxury villa for your old hut for free .in exchange , their have right to open shop in front of your villa for 3 years for free , and after 3 years all become yours. Dont you want it?
I fell very petty. I had many years beutifull time. I remember very clean e
Water full alive.
I sent xmas 13 & 14 there.it was a gr8 spot.gud fun,cheap.sad 2 see the changes.never be the same.i think alot of the small business moved to kampot
it still great spot,good n fun, and its getting to be better. So dont be sad, its normal that better things are not cheap anymore..Want more Cheap? you can search other region...Burundi maybe?
I had to spent two nights in this hell hole before heading to Koh Rong (a beautiful beautiful island) but this town is so awful, sad and unsafe.😣
Sounds like Seam Reap. Ripping the hell of it and closing all businesses.
I was there 5 years ago and it was fine, now though it's horrific. I was relieved to get back to Kampot.
i went to Sihanoukville many times before the Chinese take over , what a very Sad situation now 😂
Yes i could cry...all the poor people still living in that city...becoming crime and gambling city...I was there only for one night in 2019 with my cambodian friend and became very sad. Must have been wonderfully in the past...but...In some years there will be only chinese people there in the concrete desert. Land becomes so expensive...sooner or later there cannot live cambodian people there besides the person sold the city...but even those will not be there because they will find better places to live in...
I loved Cambodia. Hate to see the locals get priced out.
My advice is stay the h*** out of sihanoukville.
Too much politics in Cambodia. All these corrupted politicians destroy this beautiful country.
This beach town used to be so beautiful and quiet. Now its belong to the Chinese, all screwed up.
I love my country. But I hate the direction it's heading.
I know that feeling,drew.
Sadly u came just in time of massive transformation processes so everything is a mess but im quite sure if u have the chance to be back 5 years later it would be eye opening n u a right bout this city being reconstructed to whole new city at the same time. its too fast and sorry for people living there cos they been through hard time seeing breathing ..., for many Cambodian this is a big improvement and i have to accept that this city just like being sold to China maybe for now .
The fact is that Chinese 's buildings may be at first for Cambodians to use or live in. But if cambodians can't pay debt in time, Chinese would take these buildings back along with theirs lands. Do you think cambodian can pay back 4 billion dollars which equals = 1/6 gdp cambodia in time? I think it's impossible honestly
@@mellonhello2526 of course we worry bout the debt but it seem cambodia debt still low n everybody worry that Cambodia might fall into china debt trap but for now we not in that list ,yet ? of course we aware of that i hope China dont want any bad reputation in Cambodia one of China trusted allies , i really appreciate about your worry honestly but since Cambodia is A very underdeveloped and depressing country, we do worry those problem just like u but in one hand we happy to see those development as we always wish to be happened here ,we want to move forward and just want to have some modernization like any other country. its a sad truth
@@ចំនេះដឹងថ្មី I understand cambodian's feeling when they witness the development in their country. But cambodian should wary about china as much as possible because for china, no one is its ally since ancient time. And there's no free lunch, china never gives anyone 1 cent for free.
This place used to be a beautiful quite beach town. I went around 6 years ago it was amazing. Such a shame to see what it has become.
U should come back or searching the video of Sihanouk this 2021 because everything is change and clean . Don’t be stupid by talk blind without doing research about the government project here.
I got my information from some of the locals.
RUclips need to add the Boot yah arss button, boot yah out of mah country LoL.
Don't take a little criticism so serious.
The dirtiest gambling city in the world 😂
Take a look at the roads now. And it's only getting nicer and cleaner
It’s not horrible your just rude
I’m from Cambodia and it’s friendly if any problems happen it’s probably u causing them
Wow so hostile. The people were great.
Repress Khmer image because Thai peanut sauce and Pho factories paid you to do so. Nicely done!
Time to pay debt to Chinese. Take care🤣🤣🤣🤣🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭
wtf are you talking about 🤔 so you blamed TH and VN for criticism on your country? 🇰🇭🇨🇳
@@TheBasara555 Welcome to politics! I'm a Trumper loving Choina business in South China Sea!
You should have been there 10 years ago
I feel very irritated by the video glitch.
The worst place on earth.
Then you never travel much
@@rtth4378 I've been to more than 50 countries around the world. But i promise myself never go to this place.
@@paullawat agree its disgusting now.
Isn't it a pity, isn't it a shame!
$OLD TO China 1.1.18
Seems like a full circle is happening here? The western world invested/spent money in China and Asia (past)... Asia/China is investing/spending money on itself (present), and will invest/spend money into the western world (future). You do have to feel for those shop keepers trying to do business with all that construction going on. I've seen other videos with some of the road work complete and I swear some of those street views look like something out of Taipei.
My country has just survived the war and is also a developing country, so in some place is it not as beautiful and good as other countries.🙁😣
Cambodia is no more Cambodia.....It's no an uggly concrete chinese suburb
It's now an uggly concrete chinese suburb
So Hong Kong is ok but this seaside town in Cambodia is not. You people are just used to cheap vacations.
Never been. to Hong Kong and have no interest. I like nature not cement.
How Chineses bought Khmer citizen ship to buy Khmer lands
corruption of the Hun Sen family selling out khner for Chinese...
This City is the next Macao and Hong Kong! Next if you are planning to go back make it sure you will bring ample amount of money for your convenient...
🤣🤣🤣🤣 at this moment cambodian still think that these buildings are free🤣🤣🤣
@@mellonhello2526 Tell me which country "Debt-free"
right, the video is horrible
I want you to visit again in 2023.
I wish I could. I loved the country!
Nah just a china state bro
Casino china
Hotel china
Bar china
Cambodia lost their land
Its a mess over there. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Do you know what is political .one morething example when vietnam or thialand start to build a new city so its become to be beautifull just one day or one month? So think when you grow up it start from baby to an old man so to transform a city from nothing building so it will be ugly for the first start but think about the future those building or that city will give a lot of job to cbodian people after develope .sorry i dont blame no one or other country or something bad to other country but just think if china want that land the first step is must be lao or veitnam as i know its just investment and its good for cambodia economy in the future.i think thailand and vietnam have city with the sea like Danang or pataya so cambodia try to build that kind of city as VN and Thailand did .if cambodia lose the land so VN Thailand or Lao will be the next .event USA or Australai still have china town but they didnt lose their land but its a part of economy grow up.china just come to cambodia to support cambodia to be strong because china dont want Veitnam get number one in south east asia so the solutoin is help cambodia because china know that 90% of cambodian hate veitnam as veitnam hate china.sorry i just said something related to my learning political and economy stuff .if i said somethong wrong i am sorry i dony blame vietnam Thai or Loa but its the trust.
Very true.
@@webfox497 You Post Like this It makes Cambodian people hate you because it just starts but in the future is beautiful.
Cambodia is beautiful, my favorite place!!! Just Siharoukville is a bad place at this time.
concrete jungle nothing beautiful about it now all its beauty is lost. Chinese buildings will fall apart and collapse in less than 10yrz just look at there own Chinese abandoned cities crumbling from new. glad i got to see it before Chinese moved in.
@AllWall WallAll I wouldn't want too! if i wanted to see shitty Chinese construction id go back to that crappy city Beijing. not an engineer amongst them.
Gamble Chinese
It is messy now but it will be really nice when it is finished.
No, it won't
You guys rage war, they rage development... be shsme on it
In short what you think is beautiful is the people live on poor poverty third world Cambordia? The Chinese bring investment and money to cambordia making the cambordia people rich and well of but is wrong to you?
So it will make all Cambodians Rich? Or just the privileged?