We decided not to set off too early as we had been partying the night before, so booked our bus from central Phnom Penh around 1.30pm. As Khmer New Year is such a family time Phnom Penh was totally dead - really eerie for such a extremely busy city. As many people had already set off for home or holidays the roads were easy and we were in Kampot in about 3 hours.
Every town seems to have a roundabout with a statue on it - this one looks like a Hindu goddess to me.
We checked in and got some pool time...
"Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I'm happy." - Miranda Hart
...before a nice chilled evening at Villa Vedichi...
...and a cracking sunset...
Next day we hired motos and took a look around town.
This was the old Fishmarket that the company my friend works for (and the works do we had just been to) had done up recently - such an iconic building and such an awesome job - really nice place on the river.
We headed over to the Greenhouse on the other side of the river for lunch and a dip in the river...
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus
...and another cracking sunset...
"Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There's nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day." - Rachel Boston
I noticed a durian tree on the way out - the smelliest fruit ever, I am still yet to be brave enough to try it!
"You can be the ripest and sweetest durian in the world, but there's still going to be someone who hates it. " - Jhanghiz Syahrivar
We drove back into town and bumped into some friends of my friend, so had dinner with them. Lovely to meet new and interesting people! At the time I was weighing up some of my future options and it was really nice to connect with someone else who was doing the same - but more of future plans in future blogs...
For some reason the guesthouse had a hammond organ and a pool table, both directly by our room and largely enjoyed by children from around 8am, so, after a rude awakening, soon we were up and enjoying our day. We abandoned the motos and any plans and had a real chill day by the pool. Reading and relaxing, swimming in the pool and the river...
...chatting to people, drinking malibu coconuts and trying out the hottest sauce this side of 'Satans Revenge Ghost' Sauce!
"I've got this thing for spicy stuff. Now, if you give me hot chocolate with chili pepper, a book and a bubble bath, I'm a happy girl. - Shiloh Walker
Since moving to Cambodia I've started to really love my chili and the heat and seem to have built up quite a tolerance, this was the third strength of hot sauce I was given and it wasn't so hot?! - for some reason this scares me a little!
We did try to book a sunset river cruise, but the boat never stopped for us, so we watched it pass and had a beer as the sun went down, to be fair we weren't sorry as it was really over crowded!
Next day we were thankfully not woken by children playing the hammond organ and discovered someone had removed the plug - what a shame! breakfast was somewhat more relaxed, and soon we were off to the next spot via Kampot town...
...on our way to Kep, the coast, seafood and abandoned houses...
...I do love a good old abandoned house!
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