Lol, do you know any Cambodian kitchen that is photo-friendly hehe? Most times you can't even call the kitchen a kitchen. Love the tomato chutney, will definitely have to try this once our curry leaf tree (well you can't really call it a tree yet) decides to start growing again. Miss your company and food. It's been way too long! We should meet up soonish. Jan is getting his license for the bike so hoping to do a road trip soon. Since we decided to stay another year or two we have plenty of time to do more explorations.
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Haha, so true, we don't even technically have a kitchen, or even running water for that matter. It rains here so much that our barrels are always full, and the river is easy enough for showers, so we haven't prioritized it yet. We just started growing a couple curry trees because nobody in the village has any. Fresh leaves are impossible to replace, such a unique flavor.
Our cabin is not Airbnb ready yet, but ready enough for friends and family, and it actually does have runnign water, unlike our house.
There is no international school available for us, so I'm stuck taking the kids to/from public school 6 days a week instead of the much more convenient 5-day schedule of private schools. Because of this I haven't even traveled yet, we are so remote and 1 day is barely enough to reach Pursat in the tuk-tuk. If you dirtbike or want to go slow on Khmer bikes, it's possible to reach us by traveling north from Koh Kong.
If you want to come the easy standard way, you must reach Pursat first and then head west on the highway til you reach us. You two are always welcome any time, no need to give us a headsup. Come swim, explore, eat delicious food, and chillax with the best views (biased opinion) in Cambodia. Seriously though, we are on top of the mountain, only three houses upstream from us, water even cleaner than Tatai here.
Otherwise when the school year ends I'm going exploring for a month and will visit Kampot. Crazy to be stranded abroad for almost 3 years, arrive in Cambodia, spend a few days in PP, then move to the middle of nowhere without visiting old friends first. I still haven't seen how Cambodia has changed in the last 3-4 years, haven't had the chance to travel yet 😁.
Thanks ❤️ Jan still needs to pass the bike license first if we want to take the bike for long-distance trips. Are the roads that bad? We have this bajaj dominar with a ktm duke 400 engine, great for traveling long distances, but not so great on very muddy roads. Dirt roads are fine but slippery muddy roads are not ideal. We drove it to SR once and it was absolutely fine. But then they roads were in perfect condition.
Is your place still far from SR? Now that we can visit the temples for free as a foreigner I would love to go one more time. Might be nice to combine both.
Seeing all your pics you might be right that you live in a place with the best views in Cambodia. But I guess we'll have to come and check it out.
I am so happy for you guys that you found a spot where you can all be happy together as a family.
Always welcome here too! But be prepared. Kep and especially Kampot are not the same anymore. I wonder if you will still recognize this place.
Big hug from us to everyone!
Okay, I remember the Bajaj, better suited for highway travel, but no problem , the highway west from Pursat is good enough and it's all very scenic within the first 3-4 minutes of leaving Pursat. It is possible to come down from Battambang without the highway, and that is how Pov recently traveled to Siem Reap, but it was a dusty rough ride. Surely better to stick to the highways to get here, from Siem Reap is possible in a day.
The views here are incredible, no accommodation for about 15km in all directions, only our current project. I think the bigger business won't come here because the valley is too narrow and the microclimate too extreme, not good for profits.
My hopes aren't high for Kampot, but I'm a realist, so hopefully I can handle it, no regrets though. I know we made the right choice for longterm living to get out of Kampot. Keep us up to date and we can plan for some special adventures before you come. You can see the Gulf of Thailand from the top of the mountain across the river here, a 2 or 3 day roundtrip, but we haven't found time to do it yet.
Looking forward to it. Once my friend arrives and we sorted out everything the get him settled into the bakery and found somebody to help me out too we hopefully have some time to travel. Need a real holiday. Planning to go to Bali too to visit a friend.