Kampot day 3

Today I joined Bec on a little tuk tuk tour around the sights of Kampot.
We saw salt fields, which were sadly flooded as salt can only be harvested in the dry season! Also climbed up to a cave with a very small but very old temple which dates back to the 7th century.
My favourite stop of the day was BoTree pepper farm. Kampot province is famous for its pepper production, and is known as some of the best tasting pepper in the world. The foothills of the Elephant Mountains provide the ideal climate, altitude, and soil composition for growing pepper. Even the coffee grown here allegedly has a peppery taste.
We were given a tour around the farm. Pepper can be harvested all year round, however times of the year the crops are much lower which was when we visited.
After our lil tour around the family run farm, we got a taste test of the white, green, red and black peppers as well as different pepper products. The best one was brined green pepper corns that popped in your mouth when you bit down. I was nearly in tears by the end of the tasting as the build up of pepper was quite spicy 🤣
We then drove to a nearby seaside town called Kep. Unfortunately the lovely sunny skies we had in the morning turned to dark storm clouds and rain, so we didn't get to explore much. Kep is famous for its seafood, which maybe wasn't ideal as four of the five of us in the group were veggie/vegan. But we still had some nice enough lunch, if in doubt every restaurant does fried rice!
We got dropped back into Kampot mid afternoon, and I only ventured as far as the cafe next door to my new hostel (I moved this morning to be more central). The cafe is called Epic Arts and is a social enterprise that increases work opportunities for people with disabilities in Kampot, with all profits funding the charities inclusive arts projects. So a pretty cool place, and amazing cake!
I then met two girls I'd previously met on the walking tour for dinner. Cambodia has been the most expensive place for food so far. Obviously no where near prices back home, but it's nice to find cheap places to eat with really tasty food. We got big bowls of hand pulled-noodle soup and dumplings for £2.75 and cans of beer here, and generally in Cambodia are 80p.Baca lagi