Kampot & Kep, July 23, 2012
After a few days in Sinakville, where i spent most of my time sick, i decided to head towards Kampot and Kep. Two small and nice towns famous for the pepper and their crabs. In Kampot i found a nice little hostel for 4 dollars, rented a motorbike and went around to see the river and the pepper plantations. I have to be honest, i did not know what good pepper was until i tried the pper from Kampot. It is incredible, so flavorful and strong. During the Pol Pot time, pepper was pretty much forgotten and it is only now that a few well connected entrepreneurs are starting to produce it again with wonderful results, in terms of quality and in terms of economic returns.
After a couple of days in Kampot I head towards Kep. The crab town and my base to explore the islands around it. I took a boat to rabbit island and i arrived to a place that had more than one surprise for me. Firts, it is incredible beautiful and underdeveloped, a few huts along the beach, each one for 5 dollars and with holes in the roof, Khemer toilet and wonderful vistas. What was going to be one day became 4.
The other surprise was that in Rabbit island, for some weird reason 5 people I had met during my trip in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia all ended up being together, none of us knew about the unexpected reunion, but all of us were happy to meet once again to share stories and to say bye once again.
After a few days in Sinakville, where i spent most of my time sick, i decided to head towards Kampot and Kep. Two small and nice towns famous for the pepper and their crabs. In Kampot i found a nice little hostel for 4 dollars, rented a motorbike and went around to see the river and the pepper plantations. I have to be honest, i did not know what good pepper was until i tried the pper from Kampot. It is incredible, so flavorful and strong. During the Pol Pot time, pepper was pretty much forgotten and it is only now that a few well connected entrepreneurs are starting to produce it again with wonderful results, in terms of quality and in terms of economic returns.
After a couple of days in Kampot I head towards Kep. The crab town and my base to explore the islands around it. I took a boat to rabbit island and i arrived to a place that had more than one surprise for me. Firts, it is incredible beautiful and underdeveloped, a few huts along the beach, each one for 5 dollars and with holes in the roof, Khemer toilet and wonderful vistas. What was going to be one day became 4.
The other surprise was that in Rabbit island, for some weird reason 5 people I had met during my trip in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia all ended up being together, none of us knew about the unexpected reunion, but all of us were happy to meet once again to share stories and to say bye once again.
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