KEP in Touch : New Bed & Breakfast in a wonderfull quiet location in South Ouest coast of Cambodia precisely in KEP
2.30 mm from the bus station and the beach ! natural quiet location on the sea :) welcome !
3 rooms, fan, common bathroom hot water and toilet, living room, terrace, fridge & Wi fi.
coffee terrace : wifi
Thematic film projection every friday
Our Boat islands Tour and Minibus always here
Hi Pierre!, I can't find your email....send it on to me at: tatkona@hotmail.com... My wife, Gudrun, and I had a lovely stay at Kep In Touch...Pierre is the lovely and sweet owner of this b&b...simple, but quiet location...lovely touches here and there...great food...great location just behind the main square of town....from the traffic circle, walk the street behind the "square"...follow the stone fence on the right 30 meters and go up the dirt road...at the first bend (another 30 meters) look for the colored lights on the right...soon Pierre will have his boat for romantic cruises up the Kep coast...sounds perfect... Terry from Hawaii
I've been anxiously awaiting Cambodia...don't know why...maybe it's the too many tourists in v/n factor...maybe I'm looking for change....anyway we've been trying to figure out the best way to sneak into Cambodia...we decide on going up the coast from Mekong...after the border crossing near Hatien v/n, we'll go the short distance to the fishing town of Kep...local bus takes us to Hatien...no public transport to the border...negotiate hard...two motorbikes take us to the border...then check out of v/n and check into Cambodia...easy enough...then hard bargaining with taxi's...one finally agrees to take us to Kep for $10...he takes us to the sleepy seaside town of Kep....we find a cool little guesthouse run by an intense, but sweet expat Frenchman named Pierre...fan room's are $8...nobody but us there...walking distance to the town square...Kep turns out to be a laid back town....it's New Year's (ny) now in this part of Asia...shops are closing down and people are visiting relatives or taking trips...Kep is expecting lots of people partying and eating good sea food...women who work the fish are styling in gingham/plaid deerstalker type hats...I'm thinking I should get me one.. Kep has the best sea food ever! served in these ocean side eateries (where we have the best grilled fish ever!!)...octopus; shellfish; shrimp; lobster; fish of every size and shape and their famous blue crab...there's a huge cement statue of a blue crab in the ocean just off shore....people lazing in hammocks eating crab and drinking Cambodia beer...we rent a motorbike the next day and set off to see the neighborhood....great exotic temples/wats (and a couple mosques) abound in this area...cool looking novitiates in their orange/saffron robes...trying to look pious, but it's a stretch for these young boys...most photogenic cows...we stay in Kep for two days...when we are ready to leave, Pierre takes us around to his favorite places....as we wait for the bus, Pierre, tells us that our visit at his place has boosted his spirits and cries as he says farewell...I think it is sometimes difficult for expats....strangers in a strange land... We take a short (couple hours) bus trip to the next main town up the Kompong River...the town itself (Kampot) is located on the river on the delta near the Gulf of Thailand...sometimes the water is fresh and at times salty depending on the tide...larger town than Kep, but just as charming...we get a great room in a guesthouse called the Pepper...Kampot pepper is famous and sold for a ransom's price back in the day...Pierre told us to go to his friend Mary's pastry shop near the river...we do meet the charming and pretty owner...she's the one in the pink dress standing in front of her French bread/pastry shop...Mary tells us that she is married to an american who spends half the year here in Cambodia....she has rooms to let above her place...suddenly, pre-monsoon rains pour down as we sit sheltered in her store...she is worried...her guests all visited Bokor Mt. today on motorbikes and she is concerned for their safety for it's night...out of the heavy downpour comes her first guest...soaked to the bone and shivering...she said that the others are closed behind, but their bikes got flooded and the engines quit on them...soon the others arrive...Mary's relieved and shakes her head... ...the next day we take a motorbike up Bokor Mt.(35kms)...great ride..beautiful views of the surrounding delta...crazy new casino on top of the mountain...so, so surreal...we eat a great meal for about a dollar...we get lucky with the weather...no rain...local tourists are here for the new year...the smelly fruit durian is everywhere...there's a giant sculpture of a durian in one of the roundabouts in Kampot....Cambodians a very friendly bunch...easy smiles...pretty women...food less exciting than in v/n...we like Cambodia much...there's a freshness about this place for travelers....only challenge is having to learn and speak a new language...Soksabai!
Hi Pierre!,
ReplyDeleteI can't find your email....send it on to me at: tatkona@hotmail.com...
My wife, Gudrun, and I had a lovely stay at Kep In Touch...Pierre is the lovely and sweet owner of this b&b...simple, but quiet location...lovely touches here and there...great food...great location just behind the main square of town....from the traffic circle, walk the street behind the "square"...follow the stone fence on the right 30 meters and go up the dirt road...at the first bend (another 30 meters) look for the colored lights on the right...soon Pierre will have his boat for romantic cruises up the Kep coast...sounds perfect...
Terry from Hawaii
Thanks ! you ll be always welcome ! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been anxiously awaiting Cambodia...don't know why...maybe it's the too many tourists in v/n factor...maybe I'm looking for change....anyway we've been trying to figure out the best way to sneak into Cambodia...we decide on going up the coast from Mekong...after the border crossing near Hatien v/n, we'll go the short distance to the fishing town of Kep...local bus takes us to Hatien...no public transport to the border...negotiate hard...two motorbikes take us to the border...then check out of v/n and check into Cambodia...easy enough...then hard bargaining with taxi's...one finally agrees to take us to Kep for $10...he takes us to the sleepy seaside town of Kep....we find a cool little guesthouse run by an intense, but sweet expat Frenchman named Pierre...fan room's are $8...nobody but us there...walking distance to the town square...Kep turns out to be a laid back town....it's New Year's (ny) now in this part of Asia...shops are closing down and people are visiting relatives or taking trips...Kep is expecting lots of people partying and eating good sea food...women who work the fish are styling in gingham/plaid deerstalker type hats...I'm thinking I should get me one.. Kep has the best sea food ever! served in these ocean side eateries (where we have the best grilled fish ever!!)...octopus; shellfish; shrimp; lobster; fish of every size and shape and their famous blue crab...there's a huge cement statue of a blue crab in the ocean just off shore....people lazing in hammocks eating crab and drinking Cambodia beer...we rent a motorbike the next day and set off to see the neighborhood....great exotic temples/wats (and a couple mosques) abound in this area...cool looking novitiates in their orange/saffron robes...trying to look pious, but it's a stretch for these young boys...most photogenic cows...we stay in Kep for two days...when we are ready to leave, Pierre takes us around to his favorite places....as we wait for the bus, Pierre, tells us that our visit at his place has boosted his spirits and cries as he says farewell...I think it is sometimes difficult for expats....strangers in a strange land...
ReplyDeleteWe take a short (couple hours) bus trip to the next main town up the Kompong River...the town itself (Kampot) is located on the river on the delta near the Gulf of Thailand...sometimes the water is fresh and at times salty depending on the tide...larger town than Kep, but just as charming...we get a great room in a guesthouse called the Pepper...Kampot pepper is famous and sold for a ransom's price back in the day...Pierre told us to go to his friend Mary's pastry shop near the river...we do meet the charming and pretty owner...she's the one in the pink dress standing in front of her French bread/pastry shop...Mary tells us that she is married to an american who spends half the year here in Cambodia....she has rooms to let above her place...suddenly, pre-monsoon rains pour down as we sit sheltered in her store...she is worried...her guests all visited Bokor Mt. today on motorbikes and she is concerned for their safety for it's night...out of the heavy downpour comes her first guest...soaked to the bone and shivering...she said that the others are closed behind, but their bikes got flooded and the engines quit on them...soon the others arrive...Mary's relieved and shakes her head...
...the next day we take a motorbike up Bokor Mt.(35kms)...great ride..beautiful views of the surrounding delta...crazy new casino on top of the mountain...so, so surreal...we eat a great meal for about a dollar...we get lucky with the weather...no rain...local tourists are here for the new year...the smelly fruit durian is everywhere...there's a giant sculpture of a durian in one of the roundabouts in Kampot....Cambodians a very friendly bunch...easy smiles...pretty women...food less exciting than in v/n...we like Cambodia much...there's a freshness about this place for travelers....only challenge is having to learn and speak a new language...Soksabai!
Words from Terry Tokuda
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