From Phnom Penh we took the morning bus to Kep (around 4
hours) and were lucky there was a ship to Rabbit Island around 1 p.m. We thought about staying one night in
Kep first but we didn’t regret going straight to the island. On the island
there are just some for or five families renting simple huts to tourist. Beside
the few day tourists there were only around 20 people staying overnight – some
of them staying a week or longer. The beach was really nice (if you overlook
some signs of civilization) with several loungers to relax. So quickly, we
decided to stay a night longer.
On the first evening we tried the famous crabs with Kampot
pepper which were hard work but so delicious! The people from our
accomodation/restaurant had a casket in the water tied in which they stored the
living crab until someone ordered them. Then one of the kids had to fetch them.
After the morning swimming the next day we spontaneously had
the great idea to go around the island. Along the way we realized, maybe we
should not have started around noon, with only half a bottle of water and flip
flops... Anyway it was a nice route, we encountered the village of the
fishermen and their traps and nets, quite a jungle and tidal flats with
mangroves.
The next day we went for Kampot to see the famous Kampot
pepper plantations and fluorescent river. We took a tuk-tuk for around an hour
found a quite hostel along the riverside and asked for a tour to a plantation –
the same tuk-tuk-driver took us back another half an hour. So if you want to
see the pepper plantations you could start from Kep as well ;-)
The pepper was still small and the plantations only harboured
around ten rows of pepper plants. Actually the plantation rather looked like
growing mango trees excessive ;-) Now we know why Kampot Pepper is such a rare
product.
Going on our tuk-tuk-driver brought us to the White Elephant
Cave. Small kids guide you through the cave and led the way climbing down to the second entrance.
Strolling throught the city and along the river in Kampot looking
to Bokor mountain was a perfect activity during sunset. Even if there was no
one swimming in the river, the city had a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere.
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