I survived the WORST place on Earth | Sihanoukville, Cambodia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2020
- Sihanoukville, Cambodia is just 45 minutes from some truly beautiful islands. It might be the worst place on Earth. You'll need to pass through here if you want to go somewhere much better. But I thought why not see what this hell hole of rampant development, casinos and sewerage flowing into the ocean has to offer. I do this so you don't have to. YOU'RE WELCOME.
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The sad part is that they use Chinese construction workers and not locals who are desperate for the work, the Chinese view Cambodians as second class citizens and the whole area is full of poverty other than the Chinese or foreigners that go there, personally I felt out of my depth there but loved many other places throughout Cambodia, amazing country.
All very true Mandy
There will be plenty of work for Cambodians when this is finished. But I get it, you hate Chinese people.
@@asdf3568 My series on the British being overrated proves that Darwin wanted all Chinese people "exterminated." Also all Cambodians. And all other non-Europeans. He was a shithead.
Bet the aborigines in oz felt pretty much the same . Few years and the place will have sewerage, clean water and paved roads . It’s in process of building . Better than being a cheap place for your middle class holiday fun.
Hope it all works out
Why bring in Chinese for money? Forget about people? Why? My government is forgetting about the people!!
They are not forgetting about people but they have never considered their own people. What they want is money into their own pocket even though from selling their own country.
@@selina2137 yes, why considered people who never want to see their country developing?
what people? people who want land to be their property for free ?
To spur on investment and revenue to the government that will benefit your people.
@@asdf3568 really?
You think the Govt will spread the gain back to the Cambodian population? Very much doubt that will happen. Instead they'll line their own pockets.
Mates said it was a great spot years ago. Then the Chinese Developers moved in and stuffed it. I hope the locals benefit and not the Chinese.
It’s becoming the modern city now, anything related to Chinese, westerner might hate it
@@JackJack-kt7ub the fear of chinese growth you know..eventually now chinese economic power is surpressing them.
They've displaced the locals out in droves already... housing and rental affordability is out of reach for most of Cambodians
I love you very deeply, I will never get over you, brilliant funny honest, I spent 5 years in Sihanoukville before it crossed over into another dimension, its gone forever to make way for a pile of junk
Happy to have you on board Michael
Me too Michael. Moved to PP right before the Chinese invasion. Then left permanently before the pandemic. I had a feeling this would happen but could never have imagined how hard and fast the CCP would reconstruct Sihanoukville.
Went there first in Jan 2010, the golden lions are probably the only concrete construction that remain from that time.
I went back in late 2017, it'd had changed so much in 7.5 years, but looking at recent videos it changed massively in the last 4 years.
From a chilled backpacker destination that gave the locals some extra income to a casino city where the main benefactors are already wealthy Chinese...
Sure it had its problems and seedy side back then, but the coastline was much less developed / low rise and the locals benefitted from the tourists and most could afford to live there... Not anymore.
Now, it's become a crime scene for human trafficking, organ trafficking, fraud, and murder
So sad to see this. OMG it was a backpackers heaven in 2014. I remember it being so low key. My heart is broken.
yeah, you want it forever "cheap"
You alway want cheap things lol be cheap forever
@@ericaling3105 You're a bot. Never said anything about it cheap. Cambodia is more expensive than Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia.
@@JackJack-kt7ub You're a bot too. Lol
@@igorovsyannykov be backpacker for ever lol
Construction and casinos. Sounds like Sydney.
So many people in the comments say they are sad Snookeyville is no longer like it was. Are there any places currently in Asia where it is like the old Snookeyville?
Good job man, now that's a stylized travel news exposè! I was there in March 2017 just before the full horrors you walked amongst had manifested. It was right on the brink, about to topple into the madness you saw. I was able to find some redeeming charms in the local food and other distractions. I also made very interesting "field recordings" of the city sounds from my hotel room window for an ambient music project I'll be releasing later this year called "Before The Fall: Recordings From Sihanoukville, Cambodia March 2017"
That field recording idea sounds like a good concept. Good job.
I dont get what it is he exposed in this " expose". Any recent news video about Cambodia is far more detailed.
what surprise me is the amount of high rise buildings!! ....instead of normal pretty apartments..max five floors
White hipster dude SURVIVES mildly unsettling night in a mafia town. Acts like grocery store is a twilight zone episode. Drinks juice then goes home. The funky Lovecraftian horror. Im sure all of Cambodia is mourning your loss
Watching this video made me hurt, since its in my country, but your right.
There's plenty of good places/people in Cambodia. I will happily return one day
Great video and summary! Shitsville was actually tolerable a decade or two ago. Thanks for the video.
No it wasn't
It used to be a beautiful place but now it not
yes, beautiful in nature but under development too much
Brilliant video! Great sense of humor. Made me laugh 🤣. I can't wait to start travelling again. I can't get out of my country at the moment because of the damn covid restrictions
What country are you from? We also can't leave Australia
@@BusinessClass69 Wales, UK. Sucks doesn't it
This town is expanding so fast that they forgot the roads
We fix now... almost done
2021 its all done
You need to try going to Nigeria or Uganda lol Cambodia is walk in a park compared to there. Or better yet try Honduras or el Salvador
I probably will at some point. I'd imagine I'll need a much more discreet camera too.
@@BusinessClass69 ahh just need to be smart . And least flashy as possible . But they love showing their culture so you will be invited depending where you film
No because in Nigeria you are doing like the loaded locals ...you do not leave Victoria Island ! 😂
I'm a Honduran in Cambodia. Probably the only one.
Hahaha! That was exactly what I was thinking about this place! Decided to head directly to Koh Rong, which wasn't much better. But at least I had a nice beach there.
Pay more money, come to Phu Quoc or Nha Trang Cam Ranh in Viet Nam N. Best place make you cannot leave.
Sorry to hear this. But there is some problem here. Before is not like this ...
Koh Rong Samloem is beautiful, but maybe I only thought that because I went straight after Sihanoukville?
Yep, Island is beautiful, we only had some bad experience with our booking. paid in advance, and on the island we didn't get our room, should pay 30$ extra which was a total ripp off. Despite of that we had a very relaxed time on Koh Rong.
yes free cheap beach
Heartless, the ignorant greed for money. So sad, urban development has been put into the worst possible hands here.
You might visited too early in 2020 but you can searching on youtube in 2022 you will take back what you said
U just came in the wrong time,so i hope to see u back in few years more.thank for visiting Cambodia.safe trip include covid-19
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4:54 two of the most golden and special need lions
Incredible! I went 10yrs ago and was a cool beach town. Otres was amazing, beautiful stretch of beach we stayed on at a mates bungalow place. Wow they totally messed it up
That used to be our favourite part of the world now it is FUBAR!
Yeah, i went there in Jan 2010 and loved the chilled vibe, relatively unspoilt beaches and the barely touched Ream National Park, fast forward 7 years and it had changed hugely but now its been totally transformed into a casino city.
Great for the Chinese businesses that operate there and some of the staff, but not the average Cambodian, who can no longer afford to live there or enjoy the beaches.
As a Chinese, this city looks like a poor 5th-tier city in China in construction. And many Chinese with criminal record and even former mafia members went there.
What would you consider a 5th-tier Chinese city Xiaofan? I'm not familiar with term.
So shitty to see what's happened to this place. I visited there on my way to Koh Rong Samloem in 2019 and it was absolutely fucked. It was like being on another planet, especially coming from Siem Reap. Piles of literal garbage, dead rats in the street flattened like cardboard, open construction pits, Triad members everywhere. The only place I felt safe was inside my hostel (which was pretty nice tbh, close to the pier and they had $1 beers, which is expensive for Cambodia but whatever)
Sihanoukville is a dangerous place.Many Chinese and Taiwanese died in there.
What do you feel in Sihanoukville?
sad anger and discomfort- -been coming there since 2010 - will never return again - got too many dead friends , murdered in Snookerville - stay AWAY !
If u go again plz watch for your surrounding cause it could get wild
Wild sounds fun!
As a Chinese, I don't like to destroy the environment like this!
But chinese business in sinahouville keep do it lol
It’s the Mainland Chinese organizations that destroying Cambodia.
Con-Chinese ? Lol
It's called development
It is under construction and developing. Many years more, you will appreciate it.
I hope so, fingers crossed
No I won't, and nor will the vast majority of the local Cambodians.
Have you ever visiting Thailand?
Many times, lovely place. I have a (not so good) video in Bangkok on this channel.
Chinese casino will open casinos at Cambodia and Thailand border soon to get all money from Thai people.
I want you to visit Sihanoukville Cambodia 🇰🇭 again in 2023.
I will happily return
@@BusinessClass69 its amazing there 🤌✨
Not 2023 it's already back in track now 2021
@@vipdemand5965 i agree
I will not go there again .Bad experience
If any government let China into there country to help them then sooner or later they want payback and this is what happens, they did it in Laos I'm sure many politicians have taken back handers its sad for the local people
This is called business, Profit seeks, and its agreement between 2 parties. Or do you run charity ? why dont other Country give free development here ? Or do you thing other country beside China doesnt ask "payback" ? Wake up.....
Would you rather be developed or still underdeveloped???? Answer that rn
Good Ol Snookie back in my day when i first visited the tallest building was 5 stories high (2015).
I recommend you to visit siemreap or Phnompenh
Good advice. I did, they were lovely.
No good clean beaches near Siem reap phnom penh
DO DO there’s always Sihouksiville
DO DO yeah that place😎
Amma B The Expat you’d better go to Thailand or Vietnam for beaches.
Is it better to go directly to the islands and not stay there !
Definitely
Each and every city looks kinda destroyed in the beginning of development construction, since you're from west you probably never experienced that phrase and it's only 1 year look at sihanoukville now it looks so nice now
I hope so
It looks great on the bank balances of the Chinese businesses that own them, but I'd imagine zero benefit for the average Cambodian, in fact probably a big loss for them, as housing prices/rents will have rocketed
Come to cambodia again u will see now 2021
I hope to soon
How did he miss all the news About how Cambodia has changed ? I hardly ever travel and i know all about it . do people now just do no research prior to travel? Anyway. So..... Dirt roads and casinos.... I guess thats ...sort of wierd? Basically Sounds like north vegas in the 60s on a bad night. I mean... Its a high crime area. Okay. Most criminals wont touch white tourists its too high a risk. Its mostly cambodians who are affected by that. I dont get where the "survived" part comes in.
Congratulations! For surviving from that hell. I believe that no one wanna go there anymore
Yeah, dangerous country with bad mind people
@@paullawat That why many people say Thai always say bad about Khmer. This is true.
@@paullawat Read many comments from foreigners about Thailand. A fake smile country.
@@EKShare168 I didn't say anything bad about Khmer. I told the fact.
@@paullawat I agree with you. Remember to learn Chinese language before coming here, but I don't think you would like to come here. Love Thailand from Vietnam🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭👋👋🤣🤣🤣
worst place on earth is a strech
not like that no more has improved a lot 2022
Today sihanuk Cheang view Look So good
I am not hating but, I'm really sad to watch this video, I am a Cambodia 🇰🇭
It is really safe here so I hope u understand😔😘🇰🇭
I love Cambodia, a very beautiful country (just not Sihanoukville)
@@BusinessClass69 thank u!
Never been there myself, but heard a lit about its problems. Junk, bad food, scammers, corrupted polices. Doesn't sound appealing at all.
I have visit Cambodia - Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and sihanoukville about 2 weeks on 2015, and very enjoy and unforgettable memories to me. However, I remember when I visit sihanoukville , I see many investment from China, and had forecast one day, the good of sihanoukville will be destory by china money, sure 5 years later, it is true. Many chinese, many high building, casino, karaoke, and many chinese branding. I live in Hong Kong and I truely know how China money to destroy a city, a culture and peoples. Peoples from US, Thai, Japan may learn how to protect yourself.
It's a little bit like the wild west
Couldn't agree more
Cambodia was to know all your locations
Let’s come to Vietnam
Thanks! Very YUCKY Man he was?
The city is under construction ASH
Don’t just make a video of Sihanoukville right now save it in the future
I'd like to make one in the future. Very curious to see what it will turn into.
BusinessClass69 I promised that Sihanoukville will turn into a beautiful city😃😃😃.
a nice place for gamblers
You will looose at -100%
I recommend u visit kompot before it was destroyed by Chinese
Kampot is lovely, made it there just before I made this video.
may i know where are you coming from ? which city ?
:'(
It’s a dump and always will be ..I rode in and rode out ..it will never be anything gd ..the best part of Cambodia has been sold out ..
bruh
Used to be absolutely stunning and then Chinese have bought their way in and destroyed it.
you said "destroy" instead of "develop" because you want sihanoukville stay "under development" forever
lol no cambodian there i see only chinese people
This city is china ..cambodia is not allow..
It's not the khmers, it's the Chinese!!!!
Don't get me wrong..
That's time this city was under Construction.
Oh.. if you don't like Cambodia(Sihanoukville)
Please don't go back. We don't care.
I love my Country my city Sihanoukville.
(Sorry my bad English)
U come at the wrong time......the time that western sex tourist come with 200 dollar and be king is gone.....u should try homeless chick at home.....
HAHAHAHA
You are just extremely jealous about the recent progress in the city. Obviously you can't afford to stay in loxurious hotels and other accomodation... Just go to cheap places for your convenient
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
How irony. Cambodia promote their country as a tourist destination with cheaper prices. Now you said. LOL.
Very worst experience.
golden lions are saying --BRING BACK POL POT
If it’s the worst place on earth why would you go there
Speak louder. No one can hear you clearly.
You didn't survive the place. You shacked up there for a night. I survived it. I was stuck there for six months from 2015-2016. Had no phone, no computer, and even spent a night on the streets.
That sounds terrible Gary, glad you made it out
@@BusinessClass69 It was a good experience actually. At the beginning of it I had 500 riel and no place to sleep. At the end I had about $2000 and a relatively decent apartment. Wasn't able to benefit from anybody back in the States and never had to rely on teaching English. I did alright.
😎Reminds me of Donald TRUMP's Atlantis City, Like a Sunken Shipwreck😆🤗👻🍓
Under construction and mostly chinese live there !
Sihnoukville in the future is luxury
What makes you think that? Genuinely curious.
optimist or idiot ....? Both !
@@MikkelGrumBovin this city could rival Hong Kong and Macau... Within 3 years we could see a prosperous Sihanoukville... I am excited to visit this magnificent city.
@@amazingchannel8837 i thought you are cambodian?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
Luxury for who?
VO: I survived the WORST place on Earth
San Francisco homeless: Am I a joke to you ?
Stop being a little queen. I was there and you have to make the best of it...they are trying to improve things but it takes time.
This is definitely not anywhere close to being the worst place on earth... it is actually a fantastic city which also has a few troubled areas but as long as you use your head you will be fine. Talking bad about a city in a country which you are not from is complete trash on your part and hopefully you stay where your from and stop spouting your trash opinions. You obviously didn’t have the money to enjoy the finer parts of the city since you could only afford a $40 room. I have enjoyed Cambodia for many years and regardless of whether I’m in my penthouse In Phnom Penh or the Wild West in Sville, Cambodia is an awesome country to work hard and play even harder! 👍❤️
i think how you looks is the right place for you