As you will know from recent posts, we have arrived in Cambodia. Currently we're in Kampot, a riverside town in South Cambodia, famous for its black pepper, which I can confirm is delicious (Tim, this is a food reference, thus most definitely me speaking here, not Sam!).
On our first day here, we just checked into Sam's friend Dan's guesthouse - The Magic Sponge (http://www.magicspongekampot.com/) and enjoyed some fantastic food and a game of crazy golf. Well, Sam enjoyed the game, however, I was perhaps somewhat not quite at my best. Usually quite a good crazy golf player, I was a little incapacitated due to a few too many Cambodia lagers. Am hoping for a rematch tonight to be able to prove my skills.
Ventured out to explore the area on the complimentary bikes at the hotel and ended up getting lost on the way home in the pitch black (Cambodia has a lack of street light) and pouring rain (it's the rainy season). It wasn't a lot of fun wading through about 3 inches of water on pot-holed roads. You can imagine the exchanges of conversation between Sam and I. At one point when we stopped to check the sodden map, we nearly got attacked by a guard dog. Fortunately we eventually made it home.
Yesterday we took a tuk tuk to Kep - one of the places I had earmarked in our Lonely Planet guide before we left the UK, mainly because I had read about the incredible, fresh, cheap crab you can eat. Our journey was certainly memorable. We were on the potholed roads again, and yet again, it was raining. Back of the tuk tuk was covered, so we didn't get too wet, fortunately. It was all worth it though. We ate masses of crab in pepper sauce and some huge grilled prawns, at a table in a restaurant on stilts, right on the sea.
(here's a movie of the journey to Kep)
(some pics of Kep and the seafood)
Apart from our seafood expedition, we have mainly been relaxing in Dan's wonderful guesthouse, drinking lots of beer, eating (had twenty oysters each for dinner last night), and chilling out in Kampot.
Off to Phnom Penh tomorrow, the capital of Cambodia.
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