Kept in Kep

I heard a lot of good things about Kep from other travelers. Many had said it was better than Sihanoukville because it was quieter and less touristy. I was pretty excited to go, but when I got there, I felt a little disappointed. I assumed the beach would be nicer, but that wasn't the case. It was a much smaller town and I can see how it could be relaxing, but...the beach was not even close to Sihanoukville. People didn't even hang out there. But that made deciding how long to stay easy.....only one night. It didn't look like there was much to do anyways.

We rented a moto for the day, since Simon knew how to drive one. Much faster than riding a bike. Things were actually pretty far apart in this town. We took a tour all around the area on the main road. It was really pretty and scenic...rice fields with a giant mountian in the back drop...very picturesque. We went to the top of Kep National Park to catch the sunset as well. That ride was so bumpy though. There were a couple times when I thought I was going to just flip over the moto because I was bouncing around so much. After a tour of the rest of the area, we planned on going to the Caves and the Pepper Farm the next day.





Squirrel Association?!



Aside from pepper, Kep is pretty famous for it's crab too.



For dinner, I treated myself to a crab with fresh pepper dinner. It was SO good...well worth it! It was cooked with this curry that tasted a little bit sweet, and it came with plenty of fresh pepper, which I don't think I have had before. Very tasty. The crab meat was sweet too. It was a lot of work to get the meat out, but I guess compared to the time I had to de-shell 1lb of craw fish for dinner, this was a better deal. I pretty much licked the plate clean because the curry was so yummy. Mmmm...I want some now.


Garnish in the front?! I am not a good food photographer.

The next day, we cruised on over to a pepper farm. Can't say I have ever seen a pepper tree, but here's what it looks like:





Then we rode out of town to get to the caves, shot gunned it a little to far, but found our way to the right place. It was nice, but there were all these kids trying to guide us with flashlights through the caves to get a donation. I hate to feel this way, but whenever a kid comes up and asks me what's my name and where I am from, all I think is, no, I am not going to give you money. It's not how their supposed to make a living...they're kids! They should be in school, playing or doing kid things. That's probably one thing I didn't like about Cambodia...I felt like a walking dollar sign a lot of times.




Anyways, that was Kep. We felt like we did everything we could in that town.
Up next, Vietnam!!