Sihanoukville is blessed with great sand and a steady breeze that makes the 35dec plus temperatures bareable and it has great seafood to boot. With our time dwindling in Cambodia, we only left ourselves two days to see this town and it's embarrasing to say we spent most mornings watching Olympic coverage then sitting on the beach and drinking the remainder of the day away. The really sad part is that we fit in with just about every other 20 something tourist. Still a great place.After , we headed straight east towards Kampot with one small hiccup. As we were heading out of town we got flagged down by the local police becase apparently it is illegal to drive with your headlights on. After some small talk, the only way not to have our motorcycle impounded was US $10. After that little hiccup, we headed off. The coastal drive was nice and the 130 km's to Kampot were easy thanks to the limited traffic on the road. A quick stop for lunch in Kampot and we drove on to our real destination of Kep. This small town was previously a weekend spot for Cambodians in the 60's and early 70's and was mostly levelled by the Khmer Rouge regime and the Vietnamese. The damage is still visible by the burnt frames of vacation homes and old hotels that dot the landscape. Despite it's appearence at times, the town is quaint and friendly and the seadood is even better than Sihanoukville. The local specialty is crab with kampot pepper and it is to die for. In fact any of the seafood dishes with the locally grown pepper is exquisite. This is likely a spot which, given a couple of years, will be overrun with tourists, so hurry up.
With our time in SEA coming to an end, it was a relitively quick drive back north to Phnom Pehn despite 150 km of gravel roads thanks to construction. We did arrive safely and are preparing to head to Vietnam.Less than 2 months left!
Colin and Patti.
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