Blogs from Kep, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 2

Hello People, It was between hiring a moped to explore Kampot and Kep or to book a tour, as the roads are mainly dirt tracks we decided to pay for a tour through our hostel. It was $15.5 for a day trip via tuk tuk, who we also shared with two Swiss guys who had booked on to the tour. We woke up early to have breakfast before hand, and where we had also arranged to meet Martina (from the Trans Mongolian trip), who was passing through Kampot. It was a flying catch up unfortunately that only lasted 30 minutes because our tour started at 8.30am. Martina had been to Vietnam once leaving Beijing, so we picked her brain’s, she was flying to Australia in the afternoon for NY in Sydney. It was great catching up! ... read more

Accommodation - Veranda Natural Resort - Kep Accommodation - 4 Rivers Floating Lodge - Koh Kong Weather - Hot & sunny with blue skies and occasional clouds 32c On our transfer from the Cambodian border to Kep we stopped at an interesting cave temple of Wat Kirisan built into the base of a small mountain. Walking through the caves revealed steep limestone cliffs covered with foliage and occasional hidden shrines with gold and silver buddhas. Kep is a somewhat sleepy seaside town, on the Gulf of Thailand, famous for its regional green fresh peppercorns, blue crabs, prawns and other seafood. Kep was Cambodia's first seaside resort, founded by the French in 1908. Fine french-style mansions now lay deserted, burnt out and abandoned following Khmer Rouge invasions during the civil war. We were staying at the Veranda ... read more

It took us just over 4 hours to get from Phnom Penh to Kep, which is exactly what we were told. Once out of the city the road was good for a while before we turned onto a sandy unmade track which took up the rest of the journey. It was slow and dusty but we got to see some incredible countryside. On arrival in Kep we took our bags out of the hold and they were covered in red dust. It's a good job we remembered to put our covers on our rucksacks! A tuk tuk driver offered to take us to our hotel for the princely sum of $2, but we didn't realise just how close it was. $1 would have been too much. We didn't have the right change anyway and he ended ... read more

Thank you to everybody for all your support and comments about Ikelos. It reminds me how many people's lives he touched. I really appreciate them. So I am on the move again. I am just trying to get out of my house and find a little peace. It is rough being in my house all alone. I keep expecting to open a door and Ikelos and see Ikelos laying down in a room or on the sofa or something. I knew that I had to get out of there. So I am wandering again. For me wandering is good for the soul. It always makes me feel better. I guess maybe I like to run from problems or something. I just know that wandering allows me to process the fact the he is gone slowly. I ... read more

Geo: 10.4959, 104.307On leaving Ha Tien in Vietnam I cycled to the Cambodian border which doesn't take me long as its only around 10km away, it was beautiful cycling along the coast for my last views of Vietnam which I have enjoyed immensely. From Lao Cai and the Sapa Valley with its hill tribes, the bustling city of Hanoi, Halong Bay's impressive limestone sea stacks and many islands, down through the mountains via the Ho Chi Minh Trail through huge limestone rocks, massive caves and lush green paddies. Hue and the French Colonial town of Hoi An was very pretty, before heading down to Nha Trang with stunning sea views and white beaches along the way. I went back into the HCM trail to Kon Tum and the Rong Houses which were impressive before travelling onto ... read more