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Photo Essay: Kep’s Abandoned Mansions
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 24 April 2011
Before the war, beach-side Kep was a fashionable get-away for Phnom Penh’s well-heeled. Opulent homes were built into the cicada-buzzing green slopes, washed in the smell of salt and seafood. They were all abandoned, of course, in 1975; as the war reached on into the 90s, the facades crumbled and the green grew up in [...]
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2010-05-19 | Last day of paradise | Day 627
Blog: 2 Wheels - 1 World - 0 Money - 19 May 2010
This is my last day in this paradise. My last day on the peninsula called Kep on the South Coast of Cambodia. There are more paradises to be discovered. And I cannot stay here forever, I wanna explore of more of this wonderful country. I wanna meet more of those always-smiling, super-friendly Cambodians. It really keeps surprising me how the friendliness of the Laotians and the Thai seems to be overtopped by the Cambodians.
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2010-05-18 | Bare foot through the supermarket | Day 626
Blog: 2 Wheels - 1 World - 0 Money - 18 May 2010
The Cambodians really know how to cook. I still went to a super market today, just to buy some cookies for in between. Just in case there aren't any (at any stage) fresh mango shakes available. Something that I already noticed in other Asian countries, seems to be very important here – Take your shoes off, before entering any building. Even if it's a super market or a hospital. Everything else is considered rude.
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2010-05-16 | The Secret Beach | Day 624
Blog: 2 Wheels - 1 World - 0 Money - 16 May 2010
That's what the locals call this place. It wasn't easy to find, but here I am, lying in my hammock, between two palm trees. A local girl brought me a fresh coconut with a straw in it. A bunch of kids played with my bike and occasionally come close to pull my facial hair. It seems amazing to them, haha. Their company is intense but very, very entertaining. I have barely ever seen such curiuos little ones. The water isn't really refreshing, because it's so warm, but it's still great to swim. I cannot see any other tourist.
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2010-05-15 | Nutella pancakes | Day 623
Blog: 2 Wheels - 1 World - 0 Money - 15 May 2010
I'm sure nobody is going to believe me when I say: "I'm just not finding the time to blog." You'll say: "He's just wandering about and taking vacation… The least he can do is to tell some interesting stories about Cambodia." I wouldn't have believed it myself, but the beach, the pool, the jungle, sunshine everyday and the terrace on which they serve me Nutella pancakes and from which I can see the ocean and islands, distract just too much from everything else. I think I'm in paradise.
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