An Unplanned Stop in Battambang We didn’t plan to visit Battambang, Cambodia. We had booked an early bus out of Phnom Penh to the border town of Poipet. The trip was a disaster from start to finish. We had the misfortune to be seated in front of a very disturbed Khmer man who kept reaching … Read more

The Death of a King We arrived in Phnom Penh to an overwhelming sight of crowds and noise. The former king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk died on 15 October 2012 in Beijing. His body has been brought back to the royal palace to lay in state. A mourning period was declared by the government. Thousands … Read more

Kep is often done as a daytrip from Kampot but we thought that we might want to spend a couple of nights there. We’ve become pretty confidant in our ability to find lodging on arrival in Cambodia so we just took the first bus out of Kampot to see what we would find in Kep. … Read more

Bokor National Park is a 45-minute drive from Kampot, Cambodia. You can book a tour through many of the guesthouses in Kampot. We booked directly with the tour the night before at their pickup site on “Guesthouse Street”. The tour leaves at 8:00 am and picks up guests at several local hotels. This was an … Read more

The heat finally got to me in Sihanoukville. I was sick enough to consider going back to Thailand. We talked about it and decided to continue on to Kampot but would check into an air conditioned hotel for a few days. Luckily, we found Guesthouse Kampot which had delightfully cold air conditioning and wifi for … Read more