Campot is the best city of Cambodia in the world. CEP and T. Tonsya - the only favorite places of Cambodia

This province of accelerated pace becomes one of the most popular areas in Cambodia, thanks to the charm of the left colonial cities, excessive natural temptations, as well as free access from the Phnom Penh, and from Sihanoukville.

The economy of the region once seriously suffered from the loss of its status of the southern port of the coast in 1959 and continued to slowly decline before the Civil War. Cut from former suppliers, the area was
It is forced to actively develop their own agriculture, which gradually became the most developed in the country, providing a wide selection of fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.

Population - 33.000 people.

Quiet, calm city of the coastal strip - Campot - quite deservedly begins to attract tourists. This is a charming place with a rich French architectural heritage and a soft atmosphere. In the vicinity of the city grown black peppers, which comes in most restaurants in Paris. Campot is an intermediate stop before studying the abandoned resort KEP and abandoned, dilapidated Bonech buildings. A real find for those who want to feel like a local resident, to break out of the Roda fuss. There are no nightclubs in the city, casino. But on all available products and entertainment very good prices.

There are enough places for bedtime in the city, and if you arrived on weekdays, the choice will be especially wide.

How to get

The roads in this region are in good condition, but, unfortunately, only the most important. Plot passes through the area railwayBinding Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville.

Distances from Phnom Penh to Compote - 143 km (4 hours on the way), on the National Road No 3 Road.

Buses: There are 3 bus kopany, serving regularly in Kep, starting at 7:30 and 13:15. The ticket costs US $ 3-US $ 4 per person and can be bought at the station near Central Market. Almost all buses depart from Phnom Penh to Kopot via KEP.

Taxi: You can sit on a taxi near the PHSAR DUMKOR markets in Phnom Penh, 13,000 -15,000 Riels for people. Or a private machine for $ 22- $ 30, 3 hours on the road.

Resort KEP

Founded in 1908 as a place of rest of the French elite. Today Kep causes nostalgic memories of the Crimean post-war resort, and helps this sculpture of a sitting naked girl on the pier. Military actions bypassed the city side, however, that was not broken by red Khmers, was mounted by local residents to the materials for the sale of Vietnamese to survive hunger 1979-80.
At the top of the hill near the beach there is one of the many palaces of King Sihanuk - Kep was one of his favorite holiday destinations in Cambodia.

The city itself is located on a small cape and stretch along the sea by 6 km. There are several new ones between destroyed old villas, but active new construction is not noticeable.

For the night in the city it does not make sense to stay, if only you are not looking for a complete privacy. No night facilities, mobile connection absent. But here is just a paradise for seafood lovers: they are offered everywhere, and besides, Kep is one of the cheapest places in the country. You can only stay on the waterfront, and you will immediately begin to offer crabs, shrimp, squid and other seas inhabitants. It is necessary to immediately stamp the quantity and cost before the start of cooking in order to avoid misunderstanding.

sights

Most sights of the region can be examined in just 3-4 days, including Bohr National Park, Old Sea Resort Kep And the nearest caves.

Here will like inquisitive travelers, who is interested in Cambodia and the life of Cambodian. Lovers of passive rest, hitting in Campot, may be disappointed: all the most curious is outside the city, within a radius of 40 km from him, so you need to bargain with Tuk-Tukeers about travel or rent a moped to go to the sights on dusty rural roads.

Those who do not frighten the troubles of independent tourism will undoubtedly enjoy Campot. Around the city amazing landscapes: colorful villages with friendly peasants, plantations of fragrant pepper and bright green rice fields, karst cliffs and rivers with fishing boats. Campot does not indulge the purity and comfort of its guests, he enchants the atmosphere - calm and leisurely, like a river, along which it is built.

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How to get to Campot

You can get to Campot only by road or on two-wheeled techniques, because There is no airport in the city, and the railway station has long been abandoned.

From Phnom Penh.

Campotes from Phnompene can go to Campot or through Kep, or directly. In the first case, the road takes 5 hours, in the second - 3.5. Transport companies In the phnompene, several tickets can be bought at the hotel's reception. Preferred buses of Paramount Angkor Express ($ 6) or Giant Ibis ($ 10), because They ride in Campot directly.

By taxi from the Phnom Penh to drive 2.5 hours. The machine will cost from $ 35 to $ 50, depending on the ability to bargain. In Cambodia, popular route taxiWhen you pay not a car, but a place in it. Travel from Phnom Penh in such a taxi will cost $ 5, but 7 passengers are usually stuffed into the passenger, so this option is not recommended.

From Siankville

The buses from Sihanoukville to Campot do not go. There is a company - Stray Asia Bus, whose buses walk along the route Sihanoukville - Zachey Island (near the city of Kep) with a stop in Kampot. Hotel or Travel agency employees can be asked to get a ticket for this bus.

In Campot, minibuses with tickets for $ 5 go. This is not the most comfortable type of transport in Cambodia, because Usually passengers on these buses are more than seating, but most tourists are forced to get to Campot for this way.

A taxi will cost $ 30-35 for a passenger car. On the road - 2 hours.

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Campot is a rather big city, but his tourist part fits in several quarters. Foreigners live, eat and buy everything you need in a square from the streets, in the corners of which: Old Most, Post Office, Monument to Soledders and Monument to Duriana. In this area - the market, the embankment, ATMs, souvenir shops, a bus station, supermarkets and three dozen restaurants with varying cuisine. It is better to settle in this part of a campath or closer to it so that everything you need in walking distance.

Inexpensive (up to $ 20) Guesthouses in tourist zone Campot:

Shopping in Kampety

In the center of the tourist part of Campota is the Old Market (Phsar Kronat or Old Market), where products sell. After sunset, the evening market opens near the monument to Duriana. Here we trade uncomplicated lots.

Around the old market and along the embankment - several souvenir shops. The most interesting of them are: Indochina Gecko Shop Souvenirs, Kampot River Souvenir and Kampot Souvenirs and Handicraft. Tiny Kampot Pillows Handmade Tiny Kampot Pillows shop has very popular with the female tourists in the 2000s Monument.

Campot is famous for fragrant pepper. Its tons export to many countries of the world. It is not surprising that in tourist-oriented shops, the product number one is pepper in all its varieties: black, red and white. The prices of it are serious - from $ 35 per kilogram, but the gourmets are ready to pay and three times more for the confidence that they buy original peppers from Campot, and not from Vietnam. Vietnamese pepper is also good, but the one is grown in Kampot, is considered almost the best in the world. When buying, you need to pay attention to the presence of a logo with the inscription "Protected Geographical Indication", which means that the pepper is grown in a campaign without using pesticides.

What else to do in Kampot

Walk through the city. Campot is interesting for its colonial architecture. The buildings built in the era of French dominion, dilapidated, but because they look even more expressive. Unlike the neighboring city of Kep, where French villas are preserved, the main architectural heritage of Campota - Shophausa. These are two-story residential buildings, the first floor of which is assigned under family business - shop, cafe, etc. Such buildings are built close to each other, so they do not have side windows, and the facade is very narrow. Such a layout is common everywhere in South-East AsiaBut in Kampot and Battambang, the Shophauses of the colonial epoch look much more effectively than in other cities of Cambodia.

Campot - Cozy Cambodian town with funny titlelocated in the south of the country.

In principle, all the Campot streets can be easily destroyed even in an hour, but people here prefer not to rush: Cambodians lazily lie in their Tuk-Tuku, scratching belly, and few tourists are relaxed on the embankment or squeeze drinks on balconies of local few institutions, admiring the balconies sunset. The most real resort of Krasnodar Cambodian Territory 🙂

Despite the fact that the sea and the beach in Campot are not, the atmosphere here is really quite a resort: A wide beautiful embankment with romantic benches, a lot of small vents, which after sunset light up multicolored lanterns on wooden facades, vintage French-style houses (and places, in Cambodian tradition, pretty destroyed), rare shops with souvenirs, smell of fried fish in the evenings ... Quietly, calm and extremely cute 🙂

On the urban embankment it is very pleasant to run in the morning: we started on it every day and necessarily came to look at the main city evening entertainment - Sunset)

Nightlife in Campot no, Some restaurants work until 10-11 in the evening, but their minority, usually all life freezes at all pensioners - no later than 9 🙂

In Kampot nice to call after the exhausting trip to a large-scale Angkor and, for example, before starting beach holidays In a partition (as far as possible in Cambodia, of course) Sihanville: the local relaxed atmosphere will quickly restore strength and will set up for a full-fledged rest.

Campot is famous for its pepperwhich is grown on numerous plantations in the vicinity of the city; Pepper - local pride and chief souvenir for tourists (and prices for it are expelled here. We visited the most closest to the farm city - Farm Link. . Directly in the Farm Link itself, pepper on a large scale is not grown - it is brought there for processing from surrounding plantations, "but there is a mini-plantation on its territory, where you can admire the process of oversolding and peristrying) young peppers are simply charming.

Young black pepper
Red Long Pepper (Piper Longum)

The most interesting on this farm is to familiarize with the process of drying, painstaking selection and subsequent processing of pepper - this work is really not easy and very tedious 🙂 first the pepper is collected and dried naturally - under the bright southern Cambodian sun

Then the most fun - careful selection of the first-class peppers, which will be subsequently the famous aromatic campaign pepper. A second-time filtering and sends for use in the kitchen of middle-class restaurants, for sale in the markets, etc.

Probably, after a week of such classes, you can comprehend Zen))

Campotian pepper can be bought here. It is sold several species - red, white and black, they differ in the aroma, intensity of taste and sweets. By the way, a mini-excursion for you will be happy to hold one of the pretty employees of the factory 🙂

In the vicinity of the meditative campaign you can also visit the local reserve - national Park BOOR. It is located 40 kilometers from Campota - We traveled on a scooter and managed to eat everything well)) If you are going to the reserve, be sure to dress so far - upstairs are much colder than in the city. We, as experienced travelers, went to the park in shorts and T-shirts - halfway had to go back to jackets, knocking her teeth))

The park is not small and covers an area of \u200b\u200babout 1,500 km2. In 1917, the French (at that time imposed their protection by the authorities of Cambodia), fleeing from the suffocating Asian heat and admiring the beauties of Barora (in particular his main plateau from which excellent views are opening - Bokhar Hill), built everything for a beautiful and comfortable life here: good roads, mail, catholic church, hotel and, of course, casino - "Bokor Palace" - to be where to go in the evening after a tiring day 😉

When the French left the picturesque reserve, the locals quickly mastered Borod Hill and settled in the structures remaining from the colonists. Later, these places managed to survive a lot of shocks: US bombings, the madness of the Red Khmer (crazy Paul Pot fully minted a huge reserve) and their blood battle. Until 1997, Bokor was not marked on maps, and only in 1998 a total demining was carried out here. Bourker became a national park and Cambodian pride.

Rumored that in the park still unsafe to move independently (No cards and plans for mining the territory are not survived by the detachments of "Red Khmer", and no one is insured to unexpectedly come on the preserved mine), so deep into the reserve should only go with an experienced guide. We decided to visit the remains of the past French luxury, the ruins of the casino and the church, access to which is completely open.

Abandoned church

Both those and other ruins look very picturesque, especially in combination with periodically replacing the blue smooth sky with gray dark clouds over the head, Martian landscape around and sudden sharp gusts of the wind.

Covered Wall Mold and Embossed Casino Window, Sliding Lonely Rusty Strikes Next to the Church, overgrown with the Cobbin Altar, Covered with a thick moss Roof - Very Formal ON

Former hotel and casino building

Despite its small size and a calm atmosphere, it is definitely worth going to Campot - here Cambodia is felt quite different.

After a three-day stop in Campote, we moved further to the sea - in the tiny resort town of Kep.

Kep is on the shore of the Siamese Gulf, but the "sea" and "beach" here are very conditional - water is muddy, grayish sand is mixed with fine black pebbles, and all coastal marine space is covered with a dense mesh of fishing boats producing famous Cap Crab - the main attraction and the element of attraction of tourists in this town 🙂

Central (and only) Kepa Beach

Crabs prepared in any form (boiled on a pair, fried, grillbow, stewed in branded sauce from Cap or Campotian pepper - dozen options for every taste) Here you can find in every coastal cafe, but it is best to go to the central (and in principle, The only) market that works all day. You definitely won't pass by the market)

In addition to the crabs, there you can find both huge squids, tuna, and shrimp, and other unknown residents of the sea - they will be prepared immediately, with you, on one of the numerous terry. White rice on the side dish as always - after three months in Asia we can not see him))

The atmosphere in Kepi is even more sleepy and relaxed than in Kampot: the town is completely small, provincial, even cute-rustic.

What can be done in KPE?

1. Get out, get enough sleep and get enough sleep 🙂

The KEPE is very quiet and calmly, this is a great place for the short and most lazy rest, there are many pleasant and inexpensive guesthouses with a large green area, drowning in colors, palm trees and other vegetation (and, of course, silence :).

We stayed in excellent gest Bacoma Guesthouse. : Very convenient location (within walking distance - crab market and embankment with the beach), hospitable owner-French, smiling and perfectly speaking english employees, cozy atmosphere, beautiful breakfasts, large shady territory (in the afternoon it is very pleasant to hide from ruthless Cambodian heat) , charming bungalow houses, bird singing ... solid relaxation 🙂

In Bacoma, several accommodation options: the first night we spent in a round stone bungalow with a straw roof, a very similar to the real dwelling of the hobbit)) Here is a photo from the hotel's website:

Inside there is almost nothing but big (and incredibly comfortable!) Beds with a canopy, but, nevertheless, it is very comfortable to be in the bungalow (except that you are constantly in the twilight)

The main minus for us is the lack of a private bathroom and a table for work, precisely because of this, the next morning we moved to a more spacious bungalow opposite

Although, to be honest, it worked in this oasis with difficulty))

1. There are crabs. Many crabs.

Yes, as I have already written above, local crabs are the main attraction of Kepa. I did not try to vegetarian and I myself, but Roma ordered several times in different establishments - and it was always that particular dish was at the height. Take crabs in branded sauce from local peppers - you won't lose.

In addition to directly these arthropods, in the market and in any cafe Kepa, you can find a huge range of any fish or seafood - all of them are fresh here, just catchy and very tasty.

1. Admire sunset

Take fresh crabs in the market with sticky rice on the side dish, fruit at the smiling grandmother nearby, and go to one of the many benches on the waterfront - enjoy the sunset.

You can stay directly opposite local attractions - Monument ... Well, of course, crab)) Local Pushkin, more precisely, the symbol of the city)))

The sunsets in Kpee are not so picturesque as, for example, on the Vietnamese Island of Fukuok (it was there that we went straight from Kepa - about it later), but the picnics arouse here and admire the scarlet drive of the sun very nice.

Most tables in the cafes on the same embankment also look at the sea, so combine a delicious dinner with watching the lazy cap sunset here is easier than simple. Of all the central institutions, we liked the most Kimly Restaurant. - Tasty, all fresh, lightning service (come better in advance - the institution is very popular and often filled to refusal, that, however, it does not affect food).

We liked the dinner in the restaurant

Immediately after breakfast, we went on a minibace from Beach Sihanoukville to Campotia in Cambodia. The road is not at all tedious and takes about two hours. It runs through small settlements, life in which from the minibus window seems measured and leisurely.

Campot - this is old city With the preserved colonial architecture of buildings. The bus landed us on the central street Old Market Street (Old Market Street) Next to some hotel, on the first floor of which there is a restaurant.

In this place, we decided to have dinner, and at the same time see the map of the city to decide how to get to our hotel. Hotel We chose and paid in advance via the Internet (service booking.com. ) still out Sihanoukville.

We knew that Campot was a very small town - almost a village, so we decided not to use the transport in the city itself. However, they noticed that some tourists move around the city on wagons For two with roofs that save from the exhausting sun.

After a tasty lunch, we slowly swept towards our 3-star hotel. Borey Bokor Hotel. outside Kampong Bay.. Around the road from the hotel is the city hospital Kampot Hospital. Price numbers in one night for two without breakfast was 18 US dollars. We deliberately chose this hotel, as there is big pool, Water in which the day warmed up and in the evening I became like pair milk. In Kampety, you can rent a room and for $6 For two - the farther from the embankment, the cheaper.

The location of our hotel was quite comfortable - on a quiet street, not far from the central street of Old Market Street and from the embankment Riverside Road (Riverside Road)where there are many restaurants with very delicious food. On the first evening we visited one of them, comfortably settled on the chairs with pillows. After daytime heat cool beer angkor and refreshing cocktails like living elixirThey feed our bodies bowed to the sun.

Finded beef prepared in traditional Khmer style and served with a bunch campotian pepperwas so gorgeous that we ate this dish. called Lock Lac (Lok Lak)And in the following days that they lived in Kampot. In general, Campotian pepper is considered one of the best peppers in the world. Here it can be bought in the market in any form and quantity.

Walking around the city is interesting, despite wazing heat. A combination of old dilapidated houses built by the French and cheerful colored rags, neatly awesome after washing, causes the highest feelings. P government and directness In all - this is what many bribes in Asia.

Something in the city on the walls you can detect graffiti.

In the afternoon there are almost no local population on the spacious streets of the city. Occasionally meet idle tourists. Transport on the roads is also not a frequent phenomenon, especially at noon.

In some kind of door, they found local women behind washing dishes after a large morning meal and immediately preparing lunch for the whole family.

Nice to live in warm climate - you can walk all day pajamas or home clothes.

If you want to arrive in Campot reinforced part of the wardrobeThis can be done in one of laundry (laundry), in the city they are enough.

Somewhere after four hours on the sidewalks, plastic tables appear - the hosts of restaurants begin to prepare for the evening flow of hungry.

Women cook food.

Almost near the hotel Borey Bokor Hotel, in which we stayed are located central square Campot cityin the center of which was erected monument in honor of Durian - King fruit.

Immediately found vacationers Ricksha.

On the square is supermarketwhere local residents come to expensive cars. In Kampote, there are not so many stores that can be called supermarkets. Basically, trade comes from small and private shops.

More people appear on the streets on the streets. Many local gathering along the embankment The rivers from which the magical views of the sun go beyond the horizon.

Suns here beautiful.

The course in the river is pretty fast And swim in it, apparently, is not worth it. From the central part of Campot to another beach leads old Most.

Something in the bridge seen breaks, so it is used only by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. At the entrance to the bridge there is a transport height limiter. In the evening dusk, when there are almost no pedestrians and transport on the bridge, skin Lonely Green Light Above the holes in the road leaf of the bridge causes terrible feelings, cautioning and quickly leave this place until the bridge fell right under you.

Other part of the old bridgeApparently, already collapsed, as it looks like a pregnant. Fresh and strong metal flooring seems durable.

Some residents of Campot, all in the same colorful pajamas, are engaged sports walking , stitching along the embankment back and forth. At the same time, they are ridiculous by their hands.

The next day, walking around the city, we decided to visit market. On the way, we have met a lot of different interesting buildings.

One of them was discharged with a high fence and looks like administrative. It was built in 1956.

All camps, like many other cities of Cambodia, sweeping shields with political advertising.

Lucked on the streets in Kampot are made of rubber. They look like that.

Approaching the city market on the streets becomes lively. There are people who hurry to the bazaar for provisions, a lot of motorcyclists.

The market is surrounded by parked motorcycles, some construction work is being carried out, or it simply sells sand.

The market itself is a labyrinths covered by the sun with a metal flooring and rags.

Trade is coming boyko.

Fresh fish neatly lay out on the floor, right under my feet passersby.

Rows with jewelry Look more civilized. Decorations are decomposed on glass windows. They are immediately produced.

And here is the famous campotian pepper. The freshest goods diverges quickly.

These cheerful locals laughprobably because we just missed them half campotian pepper.

Pepper is sold as fresh and dry. Dry pepper is green, red and black. This is all one kind of pepper, which is going to different periods of its maturation. The climate in Kampote is favorable for this agricultural culture. In my opinion, campotian pepper - excellent souvenir From Cambodia!

If the traders do not have their own place in the market, it is not trouble - you can stay in any goable place to be closer to the main flow of people. Came for jewelry, at the same time bought vegetables And another accompanying goods. It's comfortable!

Tent at the house, on the opposite side of the road from the market, is wedding Catering. In Asia, people have large families and many friends, you will not invite everyone to the house. And so the weddings will cope like that, right on the street - in the tent.

In such a heat constantly i want to drink. Cooled milk coconut - The most pleasant natural drink is up to 1 US dollar.

Campot's atmosphere is so relaxed that staying in the city is represented by rest after multi-kilometer runs between the temples in the Angkor Valley. There are no special attractions in the city that you need to visit or see.

Can be hired bike for $ 5 And roll in Kep to the sea and crab. In Kepe, as it seemed to us, except for idle in the hammock and contemplate the sea, there is nothing to do at all. On the road from Campot to Vietnamese Ho Chi Mini, our minibas stayed in Kep to pick up two American teenagers. On this day rain drizzled all day In the morning, the sky was occupied and it seemed that it would never end. Probably at such moments immerse yourself in Melancholy And nothing remains, except to play backgammon on the terrace and drink local beer, biting crabs.

In the evening you can buy in Kampote tour for two boat, for the same $ 5, and go watch Svetlychkov.

I used to see such huge fireflies, colony sitting on the branches of huge bushes growing the river. We caught them and laughed, watching how they crawled on us. If it is a pity five dollars for such a tour and not scary to wander at night, then you can walk along the river yourself. From Central Street Old Market Street It is necessary to go in the opposite side from the old bridge along the promenade, about 2-3 km you will find bushes, completely littered with luminous insects. Do not forget to take repellents with you.

On the other side of the river, if you move towards the sea, you can visit famous Salt Fields Salt Fields. Sea water On the channels enters these fields, after evaporation, the workers collect salt with special sticks. All day people work here, manually Collecting salt under the scorching sun. It is believed one of the lowest jobs In Cambodia.

What is still interesting to Campot - so this is the fact that many residents here are specifically dilsert swallows. Please note that other birds in the city are not visible. Local residents Specially bred them. Then they cleaner sockets swallows from garbage and rent for money companies producing drinks and medicinal preparations Based on swallow nests. Have you ever tried? Delicious and refreshing drinks are considered excellent antioxidantThey can be bought in many Asian countries in ordinary stores. At the hotel where we lived, the whole wing was allocated under these cute birds, so loudly chirping in the morning. Throughout the entire period of our stay in Kampote, we watched as the hotel's employees, locating in the lobby, from morning to evening I was played with tweezers, going through swallow nests. Apparently, this source of income is quite good.

For a couple of days You can view main attractions of Campota. If you do not confuse that it does not happen around you absolutely nothing And you like it, you can stay here longer.

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Intention to visit town Campot In the province of the province of Cambodia, there was a long before the trip to Kingdom of Wonders for two main reasons: the original name and a monument to Duriana, against which I wanted to take a picture,

And in general, a desire to wander through the streets of the town with a "tasty" title and own eyes to see this culinary and geographical miracle (meaning the city and monument, and not a fruit itself - it is a lot in Thailand. Those who tried Durian , I suppose will agree with me that only those who used it in food ever) can discuss or evaluate this very taste.

All attractions of this place are big Mount With a lot of caves, climbing, passes, etc., in one word "Kaverne", through which curious travelers pass with lanterns on the head (those who prepared, of course) - and go out somewhere far away in other places. Apparently, cool - Europeans and shy. I did not get into the cavity, so I examined the cave whose age is more ... .. years, returned back to the entrance and we went back to Campot. By the time of return, the clock was shown 12 hours with minutes, that is, until the time of departure (or at least arrival), the bus needed to do something. And there was nothing to do. For another hour, the supermarket on the square named Durian (the real name of the square I did not distinguish himself) was visited by me 2 more times, there were several types of Cambodian and Vietnamese beer, and the time was still slow. After waging, I landed in the center of Campot, I landed in a certain catering institution offered by French pastries, ice cream and, of course, any kind of proprietary drinks.

Since there is a river in Kampote, but there is no sea, the temperature of the air seems higher, rather than in Sihanville (maybe nothing went to the CEP - he would still focus on the seashore, again). Patiently seek in the cafe to 15-20, I decided to move on the side of the bass stesh, the good, the card with a fat arrow was confirmed by the guide card data found by me in a rack near the table, followed by me. Of course, the cards differed somewhat from each other and the degree of straightness of the roads, but both gave approximate information about where I need to go to arrive at the meeting place with the bus.

In general, in 15-25, I left the cafe and, specifying the cafe at the owner, which way to go to come to arrive at the destination, went on the road. It must be said that Campot is built on a parallel-perpendicular plan, so that a normal tourist is to focus - absolutely, without problems. Nevertheless, after a 10-minute voyage, I found that I am quite far from the place to which, in fact, was going. And, it seems, when you walk the way, I do not have time for 16-00 for the bass steix you need. It is worth noting that Campot is not a sipe rip you and not Sihanoukville, here neither of Tuk-Tuki nor motorbikes are not bile. Therefore, when I conceived to take advantage of (urgently) at least some of these vehicles - in the foreseeable, there was simply not proved. Another meters of 500-600 on foot - and I finally recreed on the similarity of the street cafe, in which I sat and did not make anything of the Men Cambodian (more precisely - Khmer) nationality. Nor next to them, neither nearby no motorcycles nor Tuk-Tukov were observed. Nevertheless, I decided to ask where I would quickly find some transport. Immediately found a motorcyclist on the opposite corner of the intersection, promising for $ 3 to deliver me to the place marked on the map as a point of departure of the bus. Although the situation significantly reminded the delivery of the guest of the capital of Russia for a taxi from Yaroslavsky to the Kazan station in Moscow, there was no longer a time to meditate, it was necessary to move - and we moved forward to the promising to arrive and leave at 16-00 bus. I got quickly. Time - 15-49. In my opinion - the bus must be about to arrive and after a few minutes, having safely downloaded me to myself, go to Sihanoukville.

The picture is next. As soon as I tears from the motorcycle, drove a Tuk-Tuk with two Norwegians, the backpack-kayak whose backpack did not give peace to my neighbor and I was on the way to Campot. Norwegians offer me with them take a taxi to Sihanoukville and leave Campota. Allegedly, buses today in the side you need and will no longer be. I quickly (despite the very secondary knowledge of the English language) I find out that they do not have a reverse (Norwegians) ticket and they count on random places in the buses following in the right direction, the royal gesture from the pocket ticket To Sihanoukville (at 4-00 pm) and declare that I have something guys, unlike you, everything is OK and Taxi in Sihanoukville at all. "Guys", not to mentioning any word, serve in an unknown direction, and I stay to wait for "Four O" Clock "(remains for another 7-8 minutes). These are the same 7-8 minutes pass quite quickly, no bus appears, Nowhere and in any direction. Well, I'm waiting - you never know what happens on the wild roads of Cambodia! It takes another 10 minutes - nothing changes, there is no bus.

I appeal to the boy on the bass steix (on my happiness, he somehow speaks English, it seems even better than me). He says that if I have ticketAll ok and the bus will come sooner or later. Okay, waiting. After 15 minutes, I repeat the question on the topic "Where can my" BUS "can be now? The boy burst something about the fact that, they say, the bus is going somewhere once from somewhere from the peto-penny and can now be anywhere. Information does not console. I really want to get to Sihanoukville and really do not want to stay at night in Campot. The boy offers to reach the neighboring bass stesh and get information there. Return. It is very near, around the corner. There are some people who speak only in Khmer, so that the amount of information does not increase.

But, after 10 minutes, Toyota-Camry drives up, can't the same passengers. A boy, speaking in English, suggests me to add to the "Farms in the barrel", then you mean, passengers of this wheelbarrow, and move together to move together in the direction of Sihanoukville. I, of course, is interested, where exactly loaded - knees to sitting or in the trunk? I can't get a response and the Toyota driver pulls back the rear transmission and departs. Probably in Sihanoukville. I stay in Kampot.

Time is going, soon it will definitely be dark, after all, the equator is not so far away. There is a few minutes and a boy who speaks English, politely gives to understand that it is tired of my stupid questions regarding my who did not come bus. He tells me that it can recommend pretty options for posting for the night in Kampot, still today to leave it out of it. I already realized that I was trying to find a backway bus - it is useless, I ask about where to search for a taxi - the answers follow the "Nowere" & "Nothing" style. In short, they dug and do what you want.

I am going towards the unsolicited monument to Durian, believing that it was there that the center of this city and the province as a whole is located. On the way I am interested in local, where to find a taxi, well, or at least a police post or plot. Answers are negative, there is nothing here, especially at such an evening (and the time is only 17-20).
On the way to Durian, I meet one of the numerous ticket offices. I go and interested, there is no possibility to leave now from Campot to Sihanoukville. A young man sitting in a huge office reports that now his dad will come up, the owner of the office, and something likely will help me. Dad comes after the son of a son after 10 minutes, very vigorous and sociable. He tells me that in Sihanoukville on a taxi - yes easily and right now! Even denotes prices. In Cambodia, apparently, ride in the backseat - not cool, but on the front - perfectly. According to Pope, the cost of a taxi with a ride in the back seat is $ 15, and on the front - $ 25. I agree to the rear. Dad in a good mood decreases on some kind of mysterious station, warning that will arrive back in 3 minutes.

Returns minutes after 15 no longer in a rainbow mood, in which the decrease. He tells me that the buses would not be until the morning, but a taxi that Sihanoukville - is also not at all. It seems to be local, Campotian taxi drivers, but for their services you need to pay a double rate (they have nothing to do in Sihanville, and the passengers are not found in the camps at night). In short, the price of the trip will make dollars 60, and if it is very bargaining, then 50. I answer that I agree to pay no more than 30. It takes out a pack of business cards and begins to call potential taxi drivers who want to come down towards the sea and return.
15 minutes goes to calls and conversations, after which he offers me a trip to Sihanoukville in a car without travelers, in the front seat for $ 35. I agree. He says the wheelbarrow will arrive after 3 minutes. Knowing how many minutes are going on, we go along with him to the supermarket, on the way talking about flights from Russia to Cambodia, I buy beer on the road, and - oh, miracle! A taxi in the form of an old "Camry" is already standing near the office and wait for me. To the surprise of those present, loading on the back seat (not cool!) - And I leave the hospitable Campot.

After 1 hour 40 minutes arrived in Sihanoukville. Before going to the hotel, I asked the taxi driver to stay at the office, which make me a ticket from Campot. As expected, the employee who was present there declared that they say, "I'm not me and my horse is also not mine." That is, the ticket is, of course, it, but the bus company owner is co-oh-about everything else and the one who sells tickets is absolutely not aware of what the one who is directly transporting passengers. For clarity, I even pulled a taxi driver from the car and asked him to inform the ticket magnate about the cost of delivering me from Campot. Taxi driver said not a problem. The question "Where did the bus behaved?" And why I did not find it in an agreed place at 4-00 pm discussed for a short time and decided to leave until tomorrow. So far I was interrupted, the taxi driver left, but to my hotel "Golden Sand" was handed a hand, and I safely reached him on foot.

Next morning, to a hike to the beach, I visited the mentioned ticket office again and presented a complaint on the essence of the most expensive time of the promised time vehicle For a trip to Sihanoukville. The main question was the following: the ticket is written in the ticket: 4-00. Where was (if at all was) bus at this time ? Ticket tycoon was reverent for a long time, then nevertheless called the bus to the owners and, allegedly, it turned out. He spoke with them, of course, in Khmer, therefore it was impossible to understand the essence of the conversation. After that, he is on english language Told me about this:

If you have the time of departure of 4-00 in your ticket, you should be at the station and expect the arrival of the bus you should certainly not at 3-50, but at least in 3-30. Well, that is, the bus, allegedly, arrived at an agreed place in 15-30, did not find passengers with tickets, scored passengers without tickets and was safely departed to the destination. I, of course, objected that if you had such rules here, they would have written in a ticket, for example, 2-00. I would arrive, not a problem at all. As for me and expected, as a result of a 50-minute dispute, I managed to get the price of the ticket ($ 5), and about compensation for taxi costs, of course, I had to forget. As an argument, a ticket figure expressed the idea that if the passenger (i) - such a divorce, could stay in Kampote still on a couple of days, but the office, selling a good, acting ticket, is not obliged to pay no taxi, Neither the accommodation of such a passenger in Guesthouse Campota, as well as any services provided to him, the examples of which he also led quite colorfully.

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