Blogs from Kampot, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 7

18th July. We arrived in Sihanoukville at 6am although the bus to Kampot was not until 8am. The bus turned out to be a mini bus and there were at least 5 passengers too many so the 2 hour journey was definately not a comfortable one especially as the roads were half ruined by pot holes caused by the rain. Once in Kampot we settled into our room before exploring the small town. Our day pretty much consisted of relaxing and walking around Kampot although there was not a great deal to do so we spent most of the time in the shade of cafes with cold drinks! 19th July. Today we took a tuktuk to Kep, a 45 minute journey away. Once there we wandered around the crab market and tried some of the fresh ... read more

Spent the last two days relaxing in Kampot-we leave tomorrow by bus to Saigon. We didn't do too much-that is the great thing about this sleepy little town. We stopped at The Rusty Keyhole for a great lunch and beers to catch up with the owners, who now have two sweet little girls. Real pints and real french fries-what more could we want?! Had some great conversations with an Australian couple, and a Canadian living in India-one of the best part of travel is the conversations with others. Staying at Mea Culpa Guesthouse, and having real, yes real pizza out of a wood fire oven. We rented a motorbike and Steven has been driving me around to shop, find internet cafes, and some photo opportunities-one of the prison. When we post the picture it is easy ... read more

S.E. Asia and I were not meant for each other. It doesn't matter really, she has plenty of admirers, I am sure she can do without me. I don't quite know why we don't get along. She has her charms after all, at least, everybody else seems to think so. She seduces the young and the old, with her smile and her beaches, with her parties and her hedonistic ways. But why doesn't she seduce me? Of course there are parts of her I like, but there are too many parts I don't like. Or perhaps it is that I am not on the same wavelengths as her many lovers. I feel I don't fit in here. I am too old for her young group of followers, those in their late teens and early twenties, fresh ... read more

Day 1 We kicked off the Kings Birthday with a trip away to the coast to the beautiful Kep & Kampot! It was in this region i discovered my favorite flower called peacock flower in english you will see many photos of it attached to this post :) After a 4 hour bus trip we arrived in Kep where we had lunch at a resturant over the water & then we headed to Kampot for our accomodation. Our accomodation was Utopia and Utopia it was indeed, literally on top of the water in quiet surrounds it was so peaceful & beautiful we loved it! We spent the afternoon watching the sunset whilst on tires floating in the water oh the hard life indeed! Day 2 The next day we took a taxi out to Kampong Trach ... read more

The next leg of the trip is to cross the border into Cambodia and make our way onto the first large town of Kampot. Ellen and Alex have their hearts set on getting to the beachside party town of Sihanoukville, or plain old Snooky to everyone down here. After assessing the various ways of making the trip we settle with what looks a legitimate minibus company that passes through this route on a daily basis. When buying the tickets, the tour agent tells us we can only get to Kampot and onward travel to Sihanoukville will mean another bus. Tickets purchased we are resigned to waiting around until midday for the bus pick up. As usual this gets delayed, after the bus driver makes a few detours with some German hitchhikers so he can make a ... read more