Rice planting

Kampot and Kep

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July 10th 2016
Made sure I made as much noise as I could when I got up at 6am as a sign of appreciation for being woken by a rowdy French bunch at 4am. Then it was off in a tuktuk to discover the sights of rural Kampot and seaside Kep. The first stop was a cave at Phnom Chhngok which was 20km away over potholed, muddy dirt roads running through rice fields. The cave has a Hindu shrine, a few stalactites and stal ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Kampot

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more