Sky-watch Friday: Off to work
See you this weekend, Kep.
We’re off to another road trip down the southern coast of Cambodia, to Kep province where the seafood are fresh and plenty and the town is quiet and laidback.
Read MoreMonday Mellow Yellows: Smiley
The photo above shows what was once the grand fireplace at the lobby of Le Palace de Bokor. More details here.
Read MoreSkywatch Friday: Sunset over Kep
Photo taken from the upper floor of Kep Lodge’s restaurant.
Kep (facing the Gulf of Thailand), Cambodia
Wordless Wednesday: Abandoned church
One of the exciting things we did during the Khmer New Year holiday was go on a road trip to Kampot, to the popular Bokor Hill station. There we saw this old church that stands by the road, the image is eerie and haunting. More about this church in the following posts.
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Our World Tuesday: Ruins of Bokor Palace Hotel
We celebrated the Khmer New Year in the coastal town of Kep, located down south of the country. The highlight of our holiday was a side-trip to neighbouring town, Kampot.
Kampot is a sleepy fishing town. It is small but the streets are wide and a bit dusty. It is the jump off base to the popular Bokor Hill Station up in Bokor Mountain where the popular ruins of an old French hotel and casino, Bokor Palace Hotel and Casino, is located. I was excited to go see the ruins for the first time but I was disappointed when I found this:
Do you feel what I feel, too? It used to be like this:
The before-renovation photo was eerily beautiful; brooding and menacing at the same time that it was a fav destination for exploration by foreign visitors as well as ghost hunters. Some genius had the idea of renovating/refurbishing the hotel — and the result is the ugly, grey thingie that you see on the top-most photo. I’m sure it was called a ruin for a reason 🙁
For more details about the ruins, you can read about it in my other blog, Sreisaat Adventures.
Read MoreOur World Tuesday: Piece of heaven
Celebrating Khmer New Year in the southern beachtown of Kep.
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