After the hecticness of Phnom Penh it was nice to escape to to the quite beaches of Southern Cambodia. The bus ride was really beautiful lots of flat rice fields with farmers ploughing with cows instead of the water buffalo used in Laos. I got to Kampot late in the day and it was dark as I had missed the early bus. I met some people that were headed off to Ko Tonsay the next day and decided to tag along.
Ko Tonsay is a small island just off Kep on the Southern coast, you can walk around the island in about 2 hours which we did but there wasn't that much to see just lots of seaweed! There was a small local village and they seemed to be collecting all of the seaweed but we couldn't work out what they used it for. We stayed on a big beach that had a few beach huts and restaurants on it but only had electricity from 6-10pm at night so no all night parties! The sea at night had the most amazing glowing plantain which move when you swim in the water, they were so bright i think it was due to the fact there were no lights on the Island. The second night we had a big party as we there was an American girl in her group and it was Thanksgiving. We had a big meal consisting of 2 whole chickens bbq (with their heads still on) potatoes and vegs (for me) and then a big fire and far too much tequila from these amazing little bamboo glasses.
Ko Tonsay is a small island just off Kep on the Southern coast, you can walk around the island in about 2 hours which we did but there wasn't that much to see just lots of seaweed! There was a small local village and they seemed to be collecting all of the seaweed but we couldn't work out what they used it for. We stayed on a big beach that had a few beach huts and restaurants on it but only had electricity from 6-10pm at night so no all night parties! The sea at night had the most amazing glowing plantain which move when you swim in the water, they were so bright i think it was due to the fact there were no lights on the Island. The second night we had a big party as we there was an American girl in her group and it was Thanksgiving. We had a big meal consisting of 2 whole chickens bbq (with their heads still on) potatoes and vegs (for me) and then a big fire and far too much tequila from these amazing little bamboo glasses.
Once I got back to the mainland I spent an extra day just exploring Kampet, the town had a strange feel about it, sort of run down but everyone seemed quite happy going about their business and you didn't see many westerners which was nice for a change! Kampet is near the Bokor national park which has an amazing old ruin of a french hotel & casino on the hill, unfortunately a private company have purchased the land and are building a new massive hotel complex next to it so you have to do a day trek up to see it which was too expensive for me to do, so I just hung out in Kampet for the afternoon.
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