As we headed to Kep and throughout Kep there are some really lovely old buildings all from the French Colonial period and abandoned once the Khmer Rouge regime took hold. Some of them are still owned and some being done up - if and when they are restored they will be stunning!
"I wish people could have seen what they called our mansion. They would have been so disappointed, because it was just an old house that we fixed up, and I love the old house." -Tammy Faye Bakker
We were staying in a nice little hotel called the Beach House, lovely fresh blue, seaside 'ocean feeling' rooms.
We arrived at the end of Khmer New Year, so there were lots of families still down from Phnom Penh, so the coast line was really packed with families in hammocks and dipping their toes in the sea.
"In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible." - Seth Godin
A day or so later everything was much calmer...
Kep is not massive, and there isn't a huge amount to do here, but its lovely for a few days R'n'R and some seafood.
We headed to the Sailing Club for cocktails and a few tunes - as we knew the DJ.
The Kampot area - just down the road is famous for growing pepper and Kep is famous for its crab shacks. The atmospheres arent so glam, but the foods amazing! Our favourity was the Diamond Jasmine. And we did find the less glam looking the crab shack - the better the food!
Crab and fresh pepper.
"A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie." - Travie McCoy
We also had prawn krueng (a type of curry paste) and rice - of course!
On the way back we also checked out the local market, where they had lots of dried fish....
...dried squid...
...dried shrimp...
...and pepper.
There weer also lots of stalls BBQing...
....a lovely little town an just a short sail away from Rabbit Island, where we went the next day...
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