I haven't been to Koh Rong but the beach in Snooky is nice enough. Not as nice to look at as the best beaches in Phuket or Samui (the sand is yellow rather than white, and the beach is more exposed to the sea so the water is choppier), but the water is clean and there are restaurants and bars lined along the foreshore. Pretty cool place to hang out.
The best beach in Snooky is privately owned by the Sokha Beach resort. You can still go there if you aren't staying there as long as you buy a drink or food or whatever.
The main beach where all the bars are is called Serendipity beach. Tried to find the most accurate pics I could:
night:
Dude in the foreground looks pretty high. And yeah, people pretty much do fire off fireworks every night at sunset for no particular reason.
day:
although it wasn't nearly as busy as that when I was there.
This is just one of like half a dozen beaches in SHV, there are plenty of other beaches around if you want to seek out the quieter ones, but Serendipity beach is where all the tourists are. To the left of the last pic you can see the restaurants that line the beach. During the day they serve cheap food and drinks, at night some of them turn into clubs complete with drunk backpacker chicks and hookers.
There are plenty of places right near the beach where you can find a room starting at like $8 a night.
Last edited by PokerSpiv; 12-04-2013 at 07:58 AM.