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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 6:24 pm
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jiejie
 
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Originally Posted by TRAVELSIG
....however not being a highflyer myself ...
Uh, my friend, anybody who goes to these sorts of cities/towns and stays at $200 per night, $300 per night places, etc. qualifies as a "highflyer" in my book. When I saw what you're splashing out in these poor little outposts of humanity, my jaw dropped. You're definitely at the upper end compared to us mere mortals with thin wallets.

Besides the crab with Kampot pepper (insanely delicious) my favorite activity in Kep was wandering around the old ruined houses, nearly all done in the mid-20th century Moderne style. And my tuk-tuk driver/"guide" (Kampot-based with family in Kep) showed me to the old Cambodian royal "palace" (actually more of a big house) facing the seaside, which was being renovated. Workmen let us in and let us wander around and chit-chat a bit. Very interesting to see the bullet holes and other reminders of the really bad time during the 1970-late 1990's period. There is an island off Kep that backpackers like to go to but it's pretty rustic situation if you want to overnight, and at the time I went, water in the strait between Kep and island was too rough for safe boat passage.

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