Koh Rong & Koh Rong Samloem

Moving south from the Koh Sdach Archipelago, you'll eventually run into these large neighbouring islands. They share more than confusingly similar names. Both are deceptively large islands with heavily forested interiors populated by an incredible variety of bird and other wildlife, some of it endemic. And both have several head-turning beaches that in terms of sheer brilliance would give anything in Thailand a run for its money.
     That's not to say they are exactly the same. The larger island, Koh Rong, is the only island
in Southern Cambodia that shows any hint of becoming more than a place to escape civilization entirely. Kos Tui, the village on Kos Rong's southeast foot, has a growing range of accommodation options, plus a bar where you might find a crew of drinker until, who knows, midnight or so.
     In the late 2000s developers laid out plans to turn Koh Rong into a Cambodian version of Thailand's Koh Samui, complete with a paved ring road, scores of resorts and an airport.

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