Dathika Bungalows, Kep, Day 2

It's a bright and early start. After spending a while trying to get a frog out of the room that we wasn't sure was safe to touch, we had breakfast (butter!) before heading off on a walk to the national park.
It's a hot day as summer is setting in in Cambodia, and even just the walk to the park is hard. It's here we have our first taste of Cambodian money and the way it works. Pay in dollars, get real as change, or dollars. It will take some getting used to I assume.
Anyway, we take the 6km hike around the park, taking in the beautiful views of the land and sea on the way. Add to that the monekys that swing freely on the trees and it is very enjoyable. The path is actually a proper path, and after what we've heard about some of the bugs out here (killer centipedes) we are glad we aren't climbing through the jungle.
The pah around the park finishes on a deserted road. It is so quiet and peaceful compared to the South of Vietnam and it really does fill you with some tranquility after all the chaos. We walk down the road to the pier, walking past some of the famous abandoned mansions and statues on the way, the best of which is the giant crab standing offshore.
We then eat, paying in real, before realising we only have 1 dollar left and the walk is around 2 miles uphill.
We start off back after Amy has a dip in the sea as more monkeys casually stroll past and begin the walk back. On the way we walk past the crab market, which is as smelly and chaotic as expected, before a tuk tuk driver agrees to drive us home for a dollar.
We get in, shower, relax for a bit, before going to eat. There is no food and the american (Charles) gives us a tuk tuk to drive down to the market for food. I choose too but soon regret it. The steering wheel barely works, as do the brakes. As we get to the market i realise the handbrake doesn't work either, so we decide it's best to go back (we didn't know automatica have a p gear for parking that locks the wheels).
Charles then gets in a pretty heated agument wih his girlfriend and offers to drive us to the market and wait while we pick up food. An offer we accept happily. We go grab some and then go back to the hotel and eat, before having some more beers and going to sleep. Tomorrow it is time for Kep's small neighbour, Kampot.Read more