Random Photos

On the way to Rabbit Island, just off the Cambodia Coast near the old French colony of Kep. Spectacular! Dispite a sprained foot, 3rd degree sun burns, and a far far lighter back pocket, it was Divine. ..ahhhhh a moment as I wiggle my toes in cool reflection...so near Vietnam you can smell and see it. Too many jellyfish, far too much food, and a nice mix of media folks. Michele's birthday! one night at Veranda Guest Gouse (beaut-i-ful) a lone German in a pink shirt travelling with his 75 year old mum, slowly walked through the dark tree lined path at 2am playing Happy Birthday on his bagpipes...very very bizarre, it made my entire year thus far! Bless that man and his knee high socks, amazing.

The King of Cambodia at the time of the Khmer Rouge, had many palaces all over Cambodia, in Kep he had no less than 2, one in the hills - which he never completed nor used,and the one in these photos, near the sea - not that you should picture white sands and clear waters because to get wet you would fist need to cross a road, climb over mangroves and survive quick sand...but pretty views. The state of it now reflects what has happened in Cambodia the 50 years since. Bullet holes in the walls so disrespected by those that took it over, and looters - looters so desperate that they pulled the metal pipes from the walls to sell for scrap. It's still beautiful, somewhat tainted by the families squatting there and demanding money to enter and endlessly mentioning their poverty. They are happy enough really, Kep is a generous place to live...some very nice graffiti about the visibility of the Cambodian government ;-D