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Koh Rong Sanloem Island is about 2-3 hours boat ride off the coast of Cambodia. There are many islands off the coast, and Koh Rong Sanloem is one of the most remote with one fishing village, and two small primitive places for visitors to stay. The water was quite rough that day with winds and some storms moving in. At different points the boat seemed like it was nearly perpendicular to the water. I definitely thought the boat was going to capsize. I held on to the life jacket as the boat was tossed from side to side twisting as waves and swells came towards us from the north as we headed west. After about 2 hours we rounded the southern tip of the island, and boated into protected waters with fishing boats dotting the coast. The water was calm, and I was finally able to enjoy the ride. The water was an amazing emerald-blue color with thick forest lining the island’s coast. We boated towards the shore of an empty white-sand beach. I could see the bungalows we would call home for the next 2 nights. It was the most beautiful place I had ever seen.

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Place Description: Rong Island - the largest group of islands, closing the Gulf of Kompong SAMO. The island consists of two mountain ranges of volcanic origin, with a maximum height of 460 m above sea level, connected by a plain alluvial origin. At the foot of the slopes of both sets of internal rivers, which are formed by mountain streams and having a drain on the western and eastern sides of the island. Mountain slopes of the island Rong Wet monsoon forests. Plain is a grassy savannah with patches of woodland, small ponds and rain origin. South-west coast of the island turned towards the open ocean, sandy beach is separated from the interior of a zone of fixed dunes. In those places where rivers flow into the ocean, formed in mangroves, especially they are developed on the east coast, overlooking the Bay of Kampong SAMO. Rainfall is one of the most humid areas of Cambodia. The island is sparsely populated.

Rong Island Today

(Bangkok - March 25, 2010) - Global integrated design and engineering consultancy firm Scott Wilson Group plc. has been appointed by The Royal Group of Cambodia to conduct an Environmental Evaluation and Social Impact Analysis of the Cambodian island of Koh Rong, laying the groundwork for Asia's first environmentally planned resort island.