As mentioned in my post on Kampot, we're firmly in backpacker country. If there was any doubt, my minibus between Kampot and Kep would have dispelled it. It was less public transport, more tourist trap. The staff herded Western tourists into the bus, filling every seat. Then they stacked 2 large backpacks in the aisle at the very back of the bus, and sat another tourist on top of the stack of backpacks. Then they loaded 2 more backpacks and 1 more tourist. Rinse and repeat until every square inch of the bus was filled with paying punters.
Once arrived in Kep, I found ruined villas covered in graffiti, seafood restaurants where you sit on a dock over the water, and (for some reason) large numbers of unicyclists.
Huh.
Anyway, I liked Kep. It's a small town, spread over a large area, with plenty of nothing in between the small amounts of something. The beach is small and man-made. There aren't any "top flight" tourist attractions, or trendy bars and restaurants, and there certainly isn't a buzzing nightlife. But there is a friendly and low-key vibe.
You should go.
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| Ruined villa between the beach and the crab market |
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| Small temple in the Kep National Park |
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| Kep beach |
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| That's my afternoon sorted! At one of the Crab Market restaurants |
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| Crab Market |
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