Blogs from Kampot, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 6

As breakfast was not included with the room at our guest house we headed off rather late to find something to eat. We discovered a little place close to the corner of our street that served the best noodle soup and omelettes we had ever had and for a very, very reasonable price. It was not surprising that heaps of people from the surrounding guest houses ate there at some point in the day. Later on in the morning we wandered into a local travel agent to book some excursions for our time in Kampot. There are heaps of travel agents around town and if you book a group tour it doesn’t seem to matter which one you book with as they seem to take it in turns to do the tour. We organised to do ... read more

A lot has happened in the last month. At some point this stopped feeling like a trip and started feeling like life. It doesn't seem weird anymore, I don't feel like I'm on some crazy adventure. It just feels like this is what I should be doing. I bought a necklace way back in Bukit Lawang (where we did the jungle trek and saw orangutans) that is a foot carved out of coconut. That foot has come to mean a lot to me. At first I thought it was cool because I love dance, I love yoga and I'm travelling. Now is also means that every step I take is precious. While I want to see the world, I don't want to leave my footprints behind; I want to leave the places I come across just ... read more

One thing about Asia, unless you stay at the most exclusive resorts I guess, is a hard bed is just a given and somewhat expected. The degree of firmness the mattress can have is still a wide range, from let’s say a pile of bricks to the point it will actually give when you sit on it. So far this trip, while they still hurt my back, they have been better than expected. I only bring this up because I woke up this morning feeling better than usual and realized I had actually slept well, and without thinking about it, realized this was the best bed I have had on any visit to Asia. Now I know what you are thinking, it must be a slow day for news, but when you can actually stand up ... read more

It was announced this morning that the former king, and father of the current king, His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk passed away in Beijing of an apparent heart attack. The 90 year old was credited with gaining Cambodia’s independence from France in 1953. Now I know where Sihanoukville got its name. Now what other blogger keeps you up on world news. Sooner or later I am going to learn to get a prescription for some kind of sedative before I get on the roads in this country. Even though now that I think about it, I don’t think you need a prescription to get anything in this country. My car picked me up this morning for the 3 hour drive to Kampot and this time I got a younger guy wearing these sunglasses from Top Gun, ... read more

Onze eigenaars van Cozy Elephant hostel zijn deels Frans deels Cambodiaans. Het koppel had net een baby gekregen dus de familie uit Frankrijk kwam op bezoek voor een maand. Wij verhuisden van kamer. De mooie rustige kamer werd een lelijke lawaaierige kamer net onder het dak. Snikheet en de FAN werkte niet goed deze keer. Onze buren begonnen hun karaoke machine uit te halen en stonden vals te zingen tot rond een uur of 12 ''s nachts. Daarna werd het alleen maar erger...het begon te stormen, de muren werden vochtig en ons gerief moest aan de andere kant gezet worden, we kwamen al hijgend en piepend wakker van de vochtigheid en de warmte , het nachtlampje ging aan en daar waren 2 grote kakkerlakken op 2 cm van mijn hand. Ieeeeeeek! Ik tierde het uit! Jan, ... read more