Kep

This is actually Kampot on the way to Kep.

Every hairdresser in Cambodia promises to make you look like either Justin Bieber or Rhianna.

I will never bitch about hard work again.

Cherry 7-up

OUr fancy pants hotel in Kep

the hotel is at the base of a huge national park that' just gorgeous.

hotel grounds

dessert that kills your husband? Sadly, we never got to try it.

view from our room

don't know what these are but they are cool.

Rabbit island. Pretty, but it's got nothing on Koh Kong.

A tiny bar down a dark alley some locals recommended, we were the only ones there.

very sweet staff worked here.

This boy was delivering beer to the bar and totally beat Chris at pool.

Of course the bar's Buddha wants offerings of liquor.

The bar owner, I forgot her name. Interesting lady with a heck of a story.

the pool at our hotel was beautiful, but filthy.

I loved the cows.

our map of the area for our scooter escapades

this is a solar cooker that can boil water in 12 minutes.

This is Sothy's pepper farm in Kampot. Free, excellent tours, really glad I went.

jackfruit

lemongrass is a natural pesticide

peppercorns growing

the thatch across the top simulates a jungle canopy. Google kampot peppers to learn more.

how I found out there were biting, venomous caterpillars on the plants

the peppercorn drying shed, it smelled divine

they sort all the peppers by hand, red, black and white

the plant I call Indian paintbrush grows huge here

beautiful geese

this is where Chris gave me shit for ordering food for cats over and over.

we met some peeps at the pepper farm and took Lottie, Appoline and Johnny to a cave we found on our map. An ancient swimming cave with a tire in it...

it was really cool to swim in.

Chris being a hero for bringing beer and taking all the garbage he could find from the cave. Many tourists are now in awe of Canadians.

A short hike further to the Buddha cave with a gorgeous view

liiiiiitle sketchy through here

could not capture on photo, but it must have been 70 feet high

And thank goodness we met friends because we ran out of gas on the way home. Borrowed one of their scooters to go get 4 litres in pop bottles.

from left: Lottie, Johnny, Chris and I, Appoline

the view from the crab market. This is about when we decided to follow our new friends to Kampot to party.

He lost a bet and streaked through the hostel to swim naked in the pool.

Got back to our hotel around 2am to find the gate locked and nobody around.

Chris breaking in... couldn't open from the inside due to multiple locks.

My mission impossible moment...

We are in!

Whoops, This is on the way to rabbit island. Not sure where the other place was, will edit later.

These were not food, just massive seed pods the size of a coconut. Very cool.

coral!

weird gelatinous not jellyfish things on the beach

My kitty friend

the owner of the beach bar noticed we liked animals so showed us the new puppies

and kittens

our ride

then we went to the butterfly sanctuary.

these stairs were wonderfully functional

sunset at the yacht club with our new friend who works in China