View from the Top of Bokor Hill

Kampot (3-6 Dec 12)

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December 4th 2012
Why do they call it Kampot pepper when it's actually mostly grown closer to Kep? So when I was motorcycling around Kep, it did cross my mind to look for the pepper plantations famous to the region, but I thought to myself, "Nah, I'll check them out when I'm in Kampot. They ought to be closer there, since it is called 'Kampot Pepper' after all". Turns out I was wrong, and ... 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