We bought bus tickets to Kampot but thought Kep looked nice. So we got off the bus early. We had read that Rabbit island is pretty undeveloped and will not stay that way much longer. So we hired a boat to the island and checked into the tiny bungalow guest house overlooking the beach. We were pretty pumped to get into the crystal clear water and get rid of the heat and grime of Phnom Penh. When who should appear, shouting, "Hey that's my bikkini (which she had given to me a week earlier) but Kate, our dear friend from Englan. We met Kate on the bus to Luang Prabang and seperated ways when we left Vang Vieng. She ended up at this small remote island the same way we did. She got off the bus at a stop that looked nice. Knowing nothing about the area she took the advice of Marting, her current travelling companion, and headed over to Rabbit island. It's lovely, and we're so happy to be reunited with "our girl".
There's not much to report as Rabbit island is one of the places where everything moves real slow. We sunbathed, swam and splashed about (or, as Paul says "frolicked") for 2 days. I think we needed a touch of the slow paced. Kate had already been there 4 days, so was ready to leave with us.
We're now in Kampot. We just arrived at our awesome little guest house. It has 3 beds. Poor Kate ahs to share a room with us. Tomorrow we're touring the famed Bokor Hill Station. It's an old colonial French retreat that was bombed out by the Khmer Rouge. It remains a ghost town today. It sounds pretty cool. After that, not sure. Maybe some homestays and "Community Based Eco Tourism" a great catch phrase if ever there was one.
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