Kampot was a nice little place to visit. Very relaxed and without any real negatives. Not to many tourists at all which turned out to be a bit of a problem on our first day as there weren't enough people around to organise a truck to take us Bokor National park. So, we rented a motorbike and checked out nearby Kep and zipped around town all day. Nothing really special, just some nice countryside. The next day we caught a break and managed to get a truck to take us along with a few other tourists to Bokor National Park.
Bokor's main attraction is really that it's an old abandoned (by the French in the 1920's) hill station that has some old colonial buildings including a big casino. Its got a ghost town vibe and when we were there clouds and fog covered the whole area. Check the pics. The only problem going to Bokor is the ride up the hill. The road has got to be one of the worst in asia. Painfully bumpy and so rough that it takes almost 3 hours to cover 40km.. Clouds and thick fog also covered the whole area the higher we went and visibility was maybe 10-15 metres.
On our way home from Bokor the road humbled our pickup with a flat tire. but, after inspecting the tire that exploded, it's no wonder it died.. Never seen tires so bald and smooth..Looked like an inner tube.It didn't stop there and about ten minutes after putting on the spare, some pieces from the bottom of the truck fell off and from there the truck was done for the day.. We had to walk a few km's in the dark and waited for another truck to pick us up. A long day but a good one.
On our way home from Bokor the road humbled our pickup with a flat tire. but, after inspecting the tire that exploded, it's no wonder it died.. Never seen tires so bald and smooth..Looked like an inner tube.It didn't stop there and about ten minutes after putting on the spare, some pieces from the bottom of the truck fell off and from there the truck was done for the day.. We had to walk a few km's in the dark and waited for another truck to pick us up. A long day but a good one.
After Kampot we checked out Sihanoukville which is Cambodia's beach resort area. A couple of the beaches were surprisingly nice and very close to Thai standards... One major problem in Cambodia though is litter. We haven't been able to follow that custom because it just feels so wrong throwing your garbage out of the bus window or throwing plastic bags in the ocean and then going to swim right beside it. Needless to say, littering makes some of the beaches pretty damn nasty. The beach we used catered to foreigners so it was much cleaner than many others.
We also bought a painting from this cool kid. Some of the kids around the beach who try to sell you stuff have a little attitude but this kid was bright so we gave him some business.
We're in Siem Reap now and we''ll get a review on that and Battambang later.
We'll also get some photos up soon.. Cambodian Internet service is kinda shitty so will need to get to a good computer first.
-Derek & Uriah
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