Relocating from City to Sea, Cambodian Style

This morning, we went from Phnom Penh to Kep by minivan. The roads were generally pretty good, so from time to time, we reached highway speeds. In the past week, we've become accustomed to traffic chaos at city speeds of less than 40 kph, but similar chaos at highway speeds of 70 to 90 kph was much more disconcerting.

At 80 KPH

After about 3 hours of sightseeing under duress, and skillful driving by our driver, Dara, we reached the coastal town of Kep. The fishing village is perched on a headland that juts out into the South China Sea, and is well known for its crab. In the town's honour, with chopsticks in one hand and a glass of wine in the other, we enjoyed an Asian Seafood lunch at one of their seaside restaurants.

Lunch was a welcome introduction to the town, but things fell apart shortly after when trying to check into our accommodation. They didn't have our reservation. This of course was complicated by a language barrier, but with the help of our guide, Kun, we got checked in. Overall, we've had very few similar incidents on past trips, and were probably overdue.

In any case, after a day with some typical Cambodian challenges, we made it safely from the noisy city of Phnom Penh to a quiet sunset on the Gulf of Thailand in the South China Sea.

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