Blogs from Kampot, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 17

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I had heard that Sihanoukville has a reputation of being a bit of the wild west of Cambodia and didn't attract too much for that reason. I just wanted a couple of days of doing nothing after all the restless sightseeing and travelling I had been doing in Cambodia. I had heard that there was a lovely island called Bamboo island off the coast so I was planning to go there rather than staying in the Sihanoukville. However, even if I took the very early bus and was in Sihanoukville by mid-day I soon realised my schedule was too tight for such a trip as there was only one connecting boat a day. So I was stuck in Sihanoukville and its more average beaches. The motorbike driver kindly took me to a totally different place I ... read more

Sua S'day So we've just spent the better part of two days trekking through Cambodia, basically going form the top left hand bit of the map, down to the bottom right. Brett, get a grown up to help you, if you battle. (Quick apologies, the internet cafe we're sitting in seems to work off Commodore 64's, and no functionality for pictures is on hand. As most of you are here just for the pretty pictures, stop reading now. There are none) Another side note i'd like to raise is that th Angkor complex is the coolest thing i have ever seen, surpassing even such highlights as Brett jumping off a roof holding an umbrella, Nicole de Fleurites breasts, and anything else really. They were AWESOME. We spent an afternoon in the excellent little town of Kampong ... read more

yup thats the term befitting of that very endearing small town. so diametrically opposite from the cities we've set foot on so far, where it reeks of the customary attractions and visits, kampot was a welcome breath of fresh air. kampot was in a most dischevelled state, as if still reeling from the affliction inflicted from the pol pot days of old. the towns of kampot and kep were savagedly razed and ravaged to the point of disrepair, that the most sophisticated piece of infrastructure the town boasts of is a half-baked roundabout, or at least a decent attempt at one. largely spontaneous, the tenure at kampot was in many ways incidental given we decided to ditch sihanoukville plans in phnom penh. having settled down the enchanting thing was actually the palpable dearth of the foreign ... read more