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Sun's getting low, so time to find a place to sleep We are heading to Kampot, less than an hour away from Kep Beach. Neda navigates some rough waters Finally, arrived at our place in Kampot! What a long day! So thankful we are out of Phnom Penh!

One of the fishing boats coming in. Is the White Lady Statue's long wait over? Everyone waiting for the sunset End of another beautiful afternoon on Kep Beach

The coolest monk on the beach! We saw him taking a selfie with the naked white lady statue! :D More cool monks hanging out by the side of the road We spend the late afternoon walking up and down the beach. Neda finds a little starfish!

Kep is known for not just for its delicious seafood, but for their fresh peppercorn. So delicious!!! The peppercorn is grown locally, here in the Kampot province. Kampot peppercorn is so famous worldwide that it is has its own certification, kind of like the Neapolitan Pizza we had in Italy...

Koh Tonsay boat terminal, looking out into the waters of Chhak Kep Bay In the distance, we watch an interesting row boat go by. He was rowing like he was telemark skiing, pushing the oars by moving his whole body forward till he was almost on one knee! There's one reason why we made a pit...

We stopped to watch this pig on the right suckle its piglets And then she just flopped onto her side and let her kids drink greedily. :D One of my favorite pictures of Cambodia After 4 hours of riding south of Phnom Penh, we reach the south shores of Cambodia at the seaside resort village...

Cows and other wild life are given free reign over the fields and the road Panniers. Rice fields make neat patterns

It takes us over an hour, but finally we're free of the big ************. Yay! Neda is loving being back in the countryside again. We stop often to check out the scenery. We've been in Cambodia for over a week now and it's long enough to make us realize what we like: it's the rural life. Besides...

Updated from http://www.RideDOT.com/rtw/384.html It's always a bit nerve-wracking not knowing whether you'll be let back into the country or not. Although we were reassured by our fixer that the Thai embassy would approve our visas, in the back of my head, I was already thinking of back-up...

Also are recovered fragments of bone, categorized into acrylic boxes Evidence of the regime's violence on these skeletons are labeled, "Evidence of bullet", "Evidence of iron tool (impalement)", "Evidence of tooth treatment (dental torture)". The dead stare back at us, both as a reminder and...

This tree was the most depressing part of the genocidal centre Part of the KR's policy was to immediately kill children and infants of suspected spies, for fear they would grow up and retaliate against the state. In keeping with the regime's policy of saving bullets, babies were held by their...

The next day, we visit another site: the Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre. It's about 17kms south of Phnom Penh. Prisoners that had confessed in the torture camps around the country were then taken out to the countryside to be exterminated - "Smashed" in Khmer Rouge parlance, for the preferred...

A very depressing but eye-opening visit to the Genocide Museum Also depressing is this sign... seriously, people?!? *SMH* In the spirit of also recording what's popular today: Pokemon Go is a thing. A really big thing.

Barbed wire covering the prisoners rooms, preventing escape or suicide Pol Pot grew increasingly paranoid of anyone who would threaten his new regime. Even high-ranking members of his own cadre were eventually imprisoned, tortured and killed. Towards the end of the regime most of the prisoners...

One such prison was Tuol Sleng High School, notoriously renamed Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge This facility held 1,500 people at a time, to be starved and tortured until they confessed to being a spy. Once a confession was extracted, they were sent to The Killing Fields to be...

We got a wonderful room on the roof-top. This was our view! On our street, there are a few restaurants which we sampled over the next couple of days. This roof-top place was one of our favorites One of the things we wanted to visit in Phnom Penh was the Genocide Museum. It's located right...

Pulling into the relative safe harbour of one of the side streets where our hotel is located. Ahhh, the peace and calm of our cul-de-sac hotel The hotel staff actually let us park in their staff garage next door. How nice!

Updated from http://www.RideDOT.com/rtw/383.html We are journeying south, towards the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Some of the interesting things we see along the way: We thought we carried a lot of stuff on our BMWs. This guy is wider than the truck in front of him! We don't...

Thanks! Enjoy having all of you ride along with us! :D