Day 2 on Koh Rong we were planning on hiking the 1.5-2hr journey to find the 7km beach on the other side of the island. As we were packing our cans of tuna and crackers into our day bag, it started pissing down with rain. Hours and hours of rain, so we decided to postpone our beach hike and ended up drinking beer at lunch and then going on a leisurely kayak ride with the other couple, Seb & Evelyn, from Palm Beach.
Beast had advised against swimming in the beach outside of Palm Beach Bungalows as the warm weather had brought an abundance of sea urchins into the area, but did tell us that he once saw on TV, people eating the sea critters, so of course, we had to try them! Seb & Lionel kayaked and ‘caught’ five sea urchins by using the paddles and scooping them up, Beast threw them onto the fire, and then cut them in half once the very sharp spikes fell off.
Not going to say they were incredibly tasty… they were very sandy, and gritty in our teeth. We also didn’t know what exactly to eat so we nibbled the egg sack looking part, the lining of the urchin, and the grey looking parts. Was definitely an experience…
