Jun 14, 2013 - Beautiful Kep and its violent past.

Hi Folks What a gem of a place is Kep. The guide book says nothing much to do here but I could spend weeks photographing, everything from lovely people, market life, seaside and fantastic old villas ruined during the Khmer Rouge period. I found another gem of a tuk tuk driver named Lim who was my guide for much of the day. We set off along the coast road after picking me up from the hotel at about 9.00 and stopped at various points to take pics. Several touristy pics to start, just to give a flavour of the place. They seem to have spent a...

Jun 13, 2013 - Travelling to Kep (on the South Coast)

Good evening from Kep on the South Coast. The day started with a bit of a hassle. I always wake early so didn’t use alarm. When I did wake up it was 7.15. 1.5 hours later than I wanted! I was shaved and in and out of the shower in no time. Packing is usually one of my good points but I sort of tipped everything in and when case was totally full and I was struggling with the zipper, there were still lots unpacked. Luckily I took a spare rucksack which came into its own So that left me with one big case, my heavy camera rucksack and my spare....

Jan 9, 2013 - The motorcycle diaries - Cambodian version

Today I took my trusty bike aka "lil' bullet" for a ride along the coast to the beachside town of Kep. Kep is affectionately known to the ex pats in Kampot as being a bit gay and pretty much a rubbish place to visit. Then again the same ex pats call backpackers snails, when they have a pack on, slugs when they don't and pregnant snails when they have a pack on front and back! So off i rose on lil' bullet across some pretty bad road. its easy to navigate in this part of the world. Most of the roundabouts have statues on it, so its straight...

Dec 4, 2009 - Kep

Plantations de poivre, lac secret, pannes en moto (mais toujours aide toute suite heuresement), plantations de riz, monasteres, marche de crab et surtout..beaucoup de hello et sourires des enfants... et voila ca fait une journee remplie :-) et cette fois vous pouvez pas vous plaindre quon a pas mis des photos :-p

Jan 29, 2009 - Kep, Cambodia

Kep Kep was once the playground for the rich and famous in Cambodia, just along the coast from Sihanoukville. However it was severly ravaged by Pol Pot during the war, and you can clearly see the bullet holes in the walls of the building. We stayed in a nice place, backing onto the hills, in smart bungalows on stilts. Originally we planned to stay once night in Kampot, but didn't like the look of it as we passed through on the minibus! Spent a few days in Kep, 3 in total and hired a motorbike to explore with. You need transportation as its...

Jan 18, 2009 - Kep

Kep, dernier stop avant de passer la frontiere Vietnamienne. Tres petite ville (4000 habitants) situe en bord de littotal. Celebre pour son marche au Crabe (voir Photos). Nous nous relaxerons le reste de la journe et etablirons notre strategie pour entrer au Vietnam. La suite au prochain episode. (j'oubliais, la partie de foot avec les Cambodgiens etait Geante) Hello friends, Strange town Kep, there is no town! This village was very in "vogue" before the trouble began in Cambodia. There're plenty af abandoned villa's next to the shore. It...

Jan 2, 2009 - Kep

We were surprised at what a small and spread out town Kep is, there really is very little to see here and the beaches are it must be said a little disappointing. It was clear as soon as we arrived that we were going to spend no more than one night here. After booking ourselves into a guesthouse we had some seafood for which Kep is famous and then did very little else until the evening and ended up at a Lonely Planet recommended restaurant called Riel which rather curiously quoted higher prices in dollars than in the local riel currency, its...

Jan 20, 2008 - South to the Coast

We have made our way to a lovely site on the south coast. People have remarked on days without an update. When we were in the north in Banlung we had power from 6 pm to 6 am so that we had lights and a fan. No power equals no internet except after 6 pm. VERY slow connection when we had it at all. Where we are now we have power but no internet. Ruth and i took a tuk tuk 40 minutes each way to a larger town, Kampot, to use the internet and get a couple of things. Peggy

Jan 22, 2007 - Kep

Kep was in de jaren 60, voor de oorlog, het Bloemendaal van de Cambodjaanse Beau Monde. Chique villa's met uitzicht op zee en een mooi strand (met vrachtwagens aangevoerd vanuit Shianoukville, want zand hebben ze daar niet). Toen we er vanmorgen binnen brommerden, zagen we nog steeds rijen chique villa's maar nu kapotgeschoten en uitgebrand. De oorlog is al 25 jaar voorbij, maar alles staat er nog net zo. Nu worden die huizen bewoond door arme families en scharrelen hun kippetjes er rond. Toch zagen we wel recente tekenen van herstel. Basic...

Jan 21, 2007 - Cambodja zonder TomTom

Vanmorgen waren we ontzettend lui, lang uitgeslapen, uitgebreid ontbeten in de mooie tuin van het hotel, dus pas laat op pad, weer met een gehuurd brommertje, maar nu een wat beter exemplaar dan gisteren. Ons onvermogen om in 1x (2x of uberhaupt) de weg te vinden brengt ons steeds weer op onverwachte plekken. Vandaag hebben we weer een poging gewaagd om de zee te vinden, nu richting Kep, dachten we. Maar de zee kwam maar niet, dus maar eens ergens rechtsaf geslagen, want daar moest ie zijn. Daar belanden we bij een oude...

Oct 9, 2006 - Takeo homestay

We drive from Phnom Penh in the afternoon to a homestay in the province of Takeo. Here, we're staying in a simple couple of huts with the head of the local village. Its a nice experience, very similar to the stay with the hilltribes in Thailand. Our hosts make us very welcome; we play with the kids at their keepy-uppy game; wander around the local market, where the kids are absolutely fascinated by a group of westerners (one gruop fo kids say hello about a thousand times); and we are treated to a nice homecooked meal of chicken soup, rice...

Jul 23, 2006 - Kep

Polo and I went to Kep for the afternoon and toured the area. In the process, we got attacked by a cow. We were taking pictures at monuments and we heard about an abondoned booat launch that made an excellent picture. I was on a very big loud dirtbike at the time and he thought I was trying to scam on his ladies. One minute I'm roaring accross a wet feild to the boat launch next minute I hear a blood curdling scream from Polo and slaps across my back. I turn around only to see a cow madly gallopingin our direction, horns pointed straight at...