Early up and walked to Post Office and bang on 7.30am we set off. There was one other person on the bus and she kept to herself so we had the whole 12 seater to ourselves and made the most of it and spread out and either slept, watched Netflix or took photos of the countryside as we went through. There were a couple of stops as we dropped off the post but it was just a three hour journey in the end. Perfect.
We got dropped off at the depot in Kampot and our hotel, Rikitikitavi was about 10 yards away, couldn’t believe our luck.
This was way too early so we dumped our bags and wandered off to see what was around, not much to be honest. We were scratching around for ideas to do and it felt like we were just going to do whatever we did for the sake of it.
We did go past a tour place and they had the trip to Phu Quoc in one go so we signed up for that tomorrow.
We then approached a tuk tuk and agreed to go to Kep about half an hour away and their National Park. Didn’t really know what to expect and when the guy just dropped us off at a gate at the bottom of a hill and kept saying he’d meet us the other side we didn’t have a clue. So we just started walking.
It was a concrete path all the way through a lovely forest park but it was about 2 hours walk! Where did that come from?!?! It was good although unexpected. He was waiting at the end of the walk and suggested other things but we were happy to go back and check into the hotel.
He did take us through Kep itself and it was a nice enough seaside place with beaches and bars but as Tash noted it was quiet, it all feels that things are in place to accommodate tourists but they’re just not here at the minute. Bit of a shame really. Wherever we have been on this trip it’s been quiet in the way of the amount of tourists.
Checked in, our room was lovely. Very nice hotel. Had a couple of cocktails when we went out and had a call with the kids that was lovely. We then walked around the town looking for some where to eat and settled in a busy place that felt quite local. We had nice food and then ended up at a bar that had live music. That was good and we had a laugh, a few people chatted to us including the lead singer who was from London.
We got a bit drunk if truth be told and stopped at O’Neills bar in the way back for a couple more. I liked it in there and soon there were two Americans and a very loud/arrogant bore from Europe somewhere and the poor Cambodian girl he’d picked up/was paying for. She was in no mood for him and just sat with her head in her hands the whole time. It was surreal.
I couldn’t help but shake one of the US guys hands and say I’d admired his patience and he laughed.
Luckily the bore didn’t really notice as he was a big chap and would have knocked me out easily!!
Anyway, safely back although we were locked out and had to wake the poor lad asleep in his hammock who had the key!!
Interesting day.
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