Kampot cottage

Kampot is a another coastal town about a 4 hour ride southwest of Phnom Penh. To complete our whirlwind Cambodia tour we decided to get some relaxation time on the water. Instead of beaches, the town is on the Kampot River which provides a good opportunity for kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing and swimming (surprisingly since the rivers we're used are brown with garbage and whatever else gets dumped in there).

Our great accommodations called Greenhouse guesthouse.

Our fancy bungalow complete with electricity!

Trekking some bamboo poles across town.

Kampot Pepper is a big deal here and they export to 6 countries. There are 2 types (black, red, white) and here the black are drying before getting sorted.

Each peppercorn is sorted one by one to ensure they all look the same. These women will work at this for 7 hours (for $5/day). Once the sorting is done, they are packaged.

The building used to be a local bar that they turned into lodging. I just called it our "cottage".

I seriously felt like I was in Muskoka at a friends cottage. It was comforting but also made me look forward to going home (even more).

Happy campers.