Kep, Cambodia – Jan 2017
After an hour Tuk-tuk ride from Kampot (23km), we arrived into the oceanside town of Kep, Cambodia on Jan 10th 2017.
We had 2 options for our travel from Kampot to Kep. A $15 hour long Tuk-tuk ride or for a few dollars less we could take a mini-van ride. The Tuk-tuk was doorstep to doorstep and the mini-van was from bus station to bus station which meant we would have to arrange and pay for pick up and drop off from both. We went with the obvious “no brainer” decision and took the hour long Tuk-tuk ride.
After our nice open air ride, we arrived at Khmer Hands guesthouse in Kep. We were immediately greeted by the owner and his family who had literally just driven up after returning from a wedding they attended in Phnom Penh. Chris, the owner, was very personable and showed us to our fabulous stilt bungalow accommodation. After briefly taking in the view from our balcony, we received an overview of Kep from Chris along with recommendations and off we went on a 3-1/2 mile walk about the town. Kep is known for it’s blue crab and seafood so we decided to end our first evening at an open-air waterfront restaurant named Holy Crab for a crab leg appetizer and steamed crab with Kampot pepper sauce…the food was fabulous!
See video and photos below highlighting our days in Kep, Cambodia. To see all images of this location click the link at the bottom of this post or go to our gallery.
Video – Kep, Cambodia
Khmer Hands Guesthouse and our wonderful stilt bungalow accommodation.
Kep Sailing Club. This is a slightly more expensive higher end option, but was a great hang out for an afternoon snack with an amazing view. (see snack below)
Sailing club snack. Fresh steamed prawns with 3 dipping sauces and edamame. Both were fantastic and hit the spot.
Sunset at the Sailing Club.
Kep waterfront statue immediately following sunset.
Kep waterfront. Locals selling blue crab directly from their traps. Kep is known for their blue crab and many people come here for it.
One of our meals at the Holy Crab Shack. Blue crab with Kampot pepper sauce…it was amazing!
Monkey Madness.
We ran into 2 vastly different groups of monkeys on the same day.
This was part of the first group which we spotted as we came into town right toward the end of our 8 km hike around Kep National Forest. This group was definitely less civilized and did not care for us anywhere near them. There were several mom’s with babies and a very overprotective father who screeched at us and lunged in our direction. We took that as a warning and stayed a reasonable distance away.
These next 3 photos are of what we called the “city street monkey” group. They had come down near several waterfront street vendors to scavage food left on the street and even take things from the vendors carts. There were many monkeys all over running up, down, and across the street to get whatever they wanted. They could care less we were near.
Street monkeys on the waterfront.
Family of street monkeys enjoying their snack they picked up from one of the vendors.
