To spend the month of our visa in Cambodia, we spent the last days in two villages near the border with Vietnam. The first one was Kampot, famous for its pepper, which was highly valued in France in its colonial era. Little did we do here, the truth is that the only thing that surprised us was the wide range of outlandish monuments at each roundabout ... a giant durian, a monument to the year 2000, farmer farmers ... yes, all of modern times, the khemres were already in charge Reds end any art sign in their territory.
From there we went to the nearby Kep, with more charm than the previous one. If pepper is the star product of Kampot, the one here is crabs. In fact they have a market intended only for the sale of crabs! They are actually a fortnight of restaurants side by side on the seashore, where they prepare exquisite crab dishes. Cooked with pepper is delicious!
Coming back from the big river along the beautiful promenade, we get a tropical storm like we have never seen before. It was about 30 minutes falling water to chuzos, after which the main road looked like a real river. Luckily we could protect ourselves on time!
Before leaving this country I had the opportunity to try "the best haircut in town", according to his poster, and Lety attend it. The haircut consisted, apart from scissors of various types and electric machine, in a shave with a razor, not only in the area of the beard, but in the entire face! And finally, a massage to relax cranial tensions, if any, with blows to the head and stretching of eyebrows and ears ... truly the best haircut, I don't know if of the people, but of my whole life (Angelines, you you never give me a massage ...).
A new adventure awaits us in a new country, Vietnam is our next destination.
Transport. How to get to Kampot and Kep?
Shianoukville - Kampot: $ 4 by minivan, it takes about 2 hours. Hired at the Navann restaurant in Shianoukville.
Kampot - Kep: local bus, takes about 45 minutes, $ 2.
How to get from Kep to Phu Quoc?
From Kep we hire in direct agency to Phu Quoc. It cost $ 17 and consists of a bus to the border (1h.), The same bus waits on the other side to take you to Ha Tien (45min), from there a taxi to the port, and the one-way boat to the island.
Accommodation. Where to sleep in Kampot and Kep?
Kampot: Kampot gh, $ 6 double with bathroom, fan and tv, clean.
Kep: We stayed in a restaurant with 2 rooms near the gh Beach town, we advise against it since we didn't sleep at all: the bed was infested with bed-bugs ...
