Day 15 - Apparently chilling out in Kep

So after our massive bus trip yesterday we were meant to be chilling out so borrowed some bikes from the guest house and road down to the markets.  Kep is an interesting town as all the guesthouses are spread out and there is no town centre to speak of.  It also has no supermarket or ATM. It is a very small and relaxing place.

We found the market easily enough and snacked on freshly cooked BBQ squid. We wanders around absorbing the delightful smells and watching the crabs being bought in.  

We continued our ride around Kep and saw some picturesque sights along the coast line.  

We headed back along the road towards the crab market and saw monkeys on the road. At one point 2 monkeys jumped on a motorbike to steal something dangling from the handlebars... They were successful!  At one point though one of the had hold of both of the handle bars and looked like he was about to steal the bike.

We had an awesome lunch of crab for $6 each.  One with sweet and sour veggies and the other with green pepper corns.  Both were awesome.

After lunch we went walking in the national park which is the smallest in Cambodia at only 28 square kilometres.

We saw:

2 monkeys,

2 birds

2 squirrels

2 butterflies (no it isn't Noah's Ark)

3 snails

1 unidentified flying insect

1 unidentified small furry tree dwelling mammal

Lots of ants and mosquitoes

... So there is wild life still left in Cambodia!

We then returned to Kep Lodge to pick up our bicycles and stopped there to have a drink and watch the sunset.. Beautiful!

We then rode back to the Botanica Guest house for a swim and dinner!

A very relaxing day... Not!!  But we saw lots of beautiful scenery along the way!