Days 18-19: Chasing Rabbits and Butterflies

Kep - Mon 3/1

Well, the days are passing rapidly and the time is fast approaching that we will be winging our way back to Oz.

The last couple of days we have been exploring the area around Kep to find out what there is to see and do.

New Year's Eve we spent at our resort, but we could hear the various activities going on around us - the girls decided to celebrate with a late night swim ... resulting in a fast sprint from the pool back to rooms in a state of semi dress (ask no questions).

There were fireworks off in the distance ... apparently ... but the old farts were long asleep by then ...

Sleep in and lounge around on New Years Day, then in the afternoon we ventured down to the Sailing Club - as the name suggests, this venue has a couple of boats for hire, so the girls had a sail each (with instructor) out on the gulf - not much wind, but still enjoyable. We then sat and had dinner to watch the best sunset so far out over the water.

Very pleasant, although we are still struggling with many of the local restaurants and their ability to serve food to a table all at the same time and in a timely manner - there's a lot of sitting around waiting for food !

Sunday was our day to visit Rabbit Island - this is a small island a 30 minute "putt putt" boat ride off the coast. It has a little more sand and is very much set up as a tourist destination. You can stay overnight in little huts but we just opted for the day trip.

The photographer spent much of the day chasing the amazing butterflies that inhabit any part of Kep with flowers that they feed on - you can check the pics for the results !

Everyone else pretty much spend the day  lazing around on the main beach, floating on inner tubes and trying to avoid getting sunburnt - some were more successful than others in this respect ...

After a long day in the sun, another evening meal back at the resort before a very early night.

We'll check out a couple more of the local attractions in the last day or two, then we head back for a last night in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. Perhaps one more blog to wrap up the trip from Phnom Penh on Wednesday evening.