Why You Should Visit Kampot! | Slow Living In Southern Cambodia
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Kampot is not a place that is on most people's travel bucket lists, but it is definitely a worthwhile visit if you are looking to relax and have a slower pace of life while in Cambodia. Located in the south of the country built around the riverfront, Kampot has a lot of natural attractions, as well as some great restaurants and bars. There's also quite a few day trips you can do to surrounding areas like Bokor National Park and the famous pepper plantations. Surprisingly there's already a lot of expats who live here and it's getting busier with tourists by the day. So get here before it becomes too overcrowded!
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Thank you for visiting my home country. As a Canadian myself, I love seeing other Canadians visit Cambodia.
One of the best things about this video is seeing you travel with your Dad. He looks so happy to be along for the ride. And proud of you. Thanks for sharing the views and info. Cheers!
As always Alina shows and explains some of the best things about Kampot and area. She enjoys putting Dad on the spot, but he is obviously enjoying his travels with the daughter. Didn't know anything about pepper plantations and to be honest never really thought about pepper, cause it always been everywhere. Short and sweet tour of a nice looking place to visit.
Thank you! Yeah can’t say I ever considered where pepper comes from so this was interesting. Also another ‘unique’ thing we did after the tour was a taste test of like 10 different pepper blends that they make. Quite literally just tasting pepper lol my mouth was on fire.
Thank you Alina for this beautiful video. The weather is fantastic and Kampot and its surroundings are truly amazing. I think that Cambodia could be a pleasant country to spend a great holiday, very peaceful and also safe. Your dad seems to be so happy to discover all these magnificent places and you are really a good tour guide for him.
It really is. Thank you!
Excellent video 📹 👍!
Kampot is my new home 🏡. I've been in Cambodia 9 months now from Canada 🇨🇦. I absolutely love Kampot, location, people, food & things to see and do. Your Dad is cool 😎 👌! Great job showing off Kampot 🙏
Wow, it's so amazing and I hope to see you once I got there, Kompot Mr
The app you need for transport in Kampot (and most other towns/cities in Cambodia) is Passap. It is like Grab but specifically for the white rickshaw tuk-tuks that you can see at various points in this video. It's super easy to use, gives a fixed fare and route suggestion for each journey. Way easier than 'negotiating' a price with a driver and you can easily book one from your location/to where you want to go without trying to explain in Khmer. The rickshaws that use it have orange Passap signs on them.
It’s nice to see you’re travelling with your dad again 👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️❤️ You are a very good daughter . 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾❤❤❤
Very nice video, I always see travel channel where the people traveling are couple or friends, is the first time that I see daughter and father traveling together, beautiful way to enjoy with the family
Thanks for coming to our beautiful home. Ya we love it
Thanks for your visit my country, Cambodia. I love to visit Kompot and Kep city 👍
Whoa, is that a Durian roundabout? Very epc! 😅👍
They should make more random fruit round abouts
I see that you are enjoying your stay in my country.
I sure am
Your dad is very happy..you're a good woman ever seen
The Kampot trip in Southern Cambodia is so nice!❤❤
It sure is
Thanx for sharing this beautiful experience and greeting from Sweden 🇸🇪
Amazing video, thanks you Alina.
Hi Alina! I'm enjoying your slow-paced and lovely get-away to Kampot, with your dad! There are some nice attractions here, things to see and do, along with some fine restaurants and bars.
Beautiful drone footage of the river!
I decided to visit Kampot during my journey because of your video! The town was kinda cute n the Bokor mountain was super coolll! Thanks for sharing!❤
Aw I’m so glad you had a great time!
I love kampot! I'll be returning for a longer stay in April! Thanks for helping put it on the map it's so underated!! Also love your dad and your relationship. So wholesome! I'm flying my mum to meet me in Kampot from Australia so this has me so excited for that! Cheers! 🎉❤
That's wonderful! Hope you guys have a great time!
Hey alina McLeod nice tour in kampot, Cambodia nice, restaurant, food, company, dia soleado, plantas , areas Verdes , y te miras bonita! con tu sombrero
Hi Alina , thanks for sharing. Great that you got spend some time with your Dad there.
I spent a lot of time in Thailand and Cambodia between 2009-12 and also did side trips to Myanmar(Burma) and Laos. I did volunteer teaching and quite a few music gigs in both Thailand and Cambodia.
I had a job in Vancouver that allowed me take an unpaid leave in the winters during that period.
I would have loved to bring my parents there but I don't think either of them would have done it at the time. Especially the long haul flight.
I love Kampot..My personal favourite in Cambodia. I have been there a few times and stayed at a place on the river (about a 10 minute motorbike ride outside of town) called Bodhi Villa, an old Buddhist meditation retreat turned backpackers haven that had a recording studio and live music on weekends. I stayed in the dorm (2.50 USD per night ) a treehouse (9.00 USD per night) and also a floating bungalow (12 USD per night). You could literally roll out of bed right into the river lol. Did a lot of paddle boarding on that river. I became friends with the owner and recorded in the studio there and played in the house band with him on weekends entertaining tourists from all over the world on 2 different visits there. It was such a blast. All of the locals and staff that worked there were amazing people.
Sadly that place is gone now and got developed into something else.
I would rent a motorbike and cruise all over southern Cambodia and made a trip to Rabbit island off the coast of Kep in Kampot province. I visited that temple cave you went to plus another bat cave. You had to walk through rice fields on these wooden boards because the fields were flooded. I rode a motorbike to a small mountain that my friend told me about where a witch lived inside a cave at the top. These kids from the small village led me up the mountain to the witch. I met her and gave here a pack of cigarettes and she showed me her cave which was basically her own little Buddhist monastery. After that I cruised up Bokor Mountain where I hit a pothole (the roads were crap back then) and wiped out on my moto. Luckily I was just bruised and made it up to the top and back down.
I have watched your other videos on Cambodia and Pai and Chiang Mai. Very interesting how much Cambodia in particular has changed so much. The first time I went to Siem Reap in December of 2009 there was still dirt roads. Phnom Penh still had dirt roads in 2010 -11. Everything looks so much more developed now in Siem Reap , PP and Kampot. The temples in SR are incredible. I visited a lot of small ones that had no tourists ..You could hear the din of the jungle and lots of monkeys around. Otherworldly experience.
That same trip ( Dec. 2009 - my first trip to SE Asia) I also ended up in Pai ,Thailand where I spent Christmas. It was beautiful.
One thing that probably hasn't changed is the food. Oh the food is amazing in both countries and so cheap. BTW Rikitavi used to be called Rikitikitavi lol. I believe there was one in Phnom Penh too. Is there still Happy Pizza there? I had a Happy Shake once. I thought it was weed but it was actually mushrooms haha! I was up all night.
I hope to make it back to SE Asia sooner than later.
It is an extraordinary part of the world. I hope I am not disappointed with how much it has changed. Obviously lots of foreign investment has helped perpetuate that.
Cambodia was (maybe still is) a country of extremes. One day you would be having a great time and the next day you would see something totally heart wrenching... so maybe things have lessened in regards to corruption and the crime/seediness.
I always felt that Kampot was a safe haven from all that though.
Anyways, just thought I would share some of my stories. A lot more where that came from.
Scott
Great video Alina
Excellent video Alina. Definitely a place to consider visiting. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Alina! 😄🙏👋🌟 I hope your having a marvelous day! This is really a magnificent super fantastic video! 😁👍❤️👏📹🇰🇭🥇💯💫✨🌟 The city of Kampot looks so amazing! Bokor National Park looks marvelous! Also the food at the restaurant looks really delicious! I would definitely like to visit the city of Kampot one day. It really is a fantastic place! Thank you so much Alina to share with us this excellent fantastic video. You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer ever! 😃👍👏✈️🌎📹🗺🥇💯✨🌟 I wish you Alina and your Dad a wonderful magnificent amazing blessed day. Take care Alina. 😊🙏❤️👋🇰🇭👍✨🌟
Other than the pepper, I think I saw banana and rubber plants! I didn't know pepper corns grew in clusters like that! 👍😊🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦
Yup! Also some cool dragon fruit trees that look like cactus
Great cave wonderful nature lot of plantations
Nice to see video
Delicious food 😋 yummy
Wow beautiful place, your explore many cities
Thank you Alina for this video! I'm planning a trip to Cambodia and always wanted to go to Kampot because of the pepper plantations. However, lately a read so many negative things about the town, I was not sure about it. I'm glad you enjoyed your time there!
it’s perfectly safe over there! don’t worry!
It was not about safety, just that Kampot became the town for old, single western men...
A Wonderful video Alina! I've lived in Thailand for 15 yrs, but time to move on with my Thai wife and Kampot seems to be our next destination in the next few months.
Welcome and thank you for visiting Cambodia!
Very smart and entertaining video. Thanks for your research.
Thank you, Alina for your beautiful video. California, USA
Thanks Alina..great to see you and your dad traveling together..love watching your videos and going to places where i may not have even thought of visiting..be safe
Thank you for visiting Cambodia.
Awesome videos .keep up the good work . Amazing Asian places to settle down ,away from Snow and that freezingweathers. Keep up the Good work . U look like a pisces ,travelling around the world . creating beautiful Memories , is what we all take back in the end.
Your father's Canadian personality cracks me up. 😄
cambodia is amazing and your sightseeing trips are very interesting..i am very entertained🤣👍🙏
Very interesting video of Kampot. It’s nice to see your Dad enjoying his travels!!
Love your dad trying things!# What a n adventure!#
Thank you for visiting my hometown❤
I think I have a preference for the more out of the way places with a rustic feel Alina. Your videos impress! 💙💙
I was there last year.I had lived there for 5 years from 1965 to 1970.I love Kampot very much.Thx Alina.❤🙏
Welcome to Cambodia. Have a great holiday 💖
welcome to cambodia🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭♥️
Of course.it’s always enjoyment for me 👍😄
Looks wonderful. You have sold it to me. Thank you for sharing. I’m living in Phnom Penh at the moment and I think it’s time for a road trip.
Hope you enjoy it!
Envy how you both go places!# Just do your thing.
You always make it. Every detailed information and story you tell always draw my interest. Big smile from the silent daddy and your nice treatment to him is another interesting thing for me to follow and watch. I did enjoy this video as a whole. I do agree that Kampot is indeed an interesting place to visit. Stay healthy and happy Alina and Dad. May success be yours. I will always look forward to watching your next videos. Hug and warm love from your Indonesian fan. Thank you Alina.
Thank you very much!
It's most sting fruit Duran but when you make with bakery call NOP Pear with bean. It is one of delicious cake. You can find it in Chinese Cambodian or Vietnamese Cambodian
Beautiful Kampot..Definitely a slice of paradise..The town looked lovely a night..Nice sun hat Alina ..😍
NIce narration; quite professional.
Dream Place !!! I love KAmpot so much.
Really fun video Kampot looks to be a enjoyable place to visit love your work Alina.
I lived in kampot in 2020 - one of the best times of my life (basically a massive party while the rest of the world was in lockdown!)! It should be on everyone’s bucket list - total paradise!
Alina, thank you for sharing!
So beautiful nature
Your dad is adorable. What a nice family relationship. 👪 ❤️
Great to see you in Cambodia, My beautiful country. You must be experiencing the best things over there. Thanks for your visiting.
The scenery is so beautiful and peaceful, I wish you a lot of health
Love your videos and good to see Cambodia through your lens.
I just got in from Rikitikitavi!! Nice video of Kampot
Good morning sister Alina thanks for sharing this video God bless you all ways
hey, i'm starting travel vloging after life became difficult to survive, i have to do whatever it takes...you r one of inspiration.
😊 good view village, good food 👍👍 have nice day 🙏
I grew up in Washington DC, we lived in an apt. One day my mom cut open a durian and I almost threw up. I remember thinking to myself.....”this is it, I’m dying”😂 quiet literally. Fast forward 30+ yrs later....i look forward for summer just so i can eat durian without my husband dying😂.
Oh, btw..kampot is full of fruits that have some of the highest quality and taste in cambodia, because of the location and soil. Khmer durian has a more rich milky taste, compared to the foreign ones.
I have tried - I think! - most pepper samples from everywhere, but nothing matches or comes close to the taste of Kampot pepper - the genuine one that is and not the one sold as Kampot pepper. There is - or was - a pepper shop in the vicinity of Kampot town that sells the pepper, mostly pepper beans. I bought a small portion of pickled pepper beans and this was amazing with stake. Highly recommended.
Thanks for visiting Cambodia
I live here in Kampot and have for the last 3 years. Enjoyed your vlog, but you made a mistake about us not having Uber. Cambodia uses PassApp. I use it all the time. It is great to know what the fare is before you get in the tuktuk, and you don't need to worry about translating your destination to the driver. Also, Kampot is more of a destination to live as an expat. Super cheap, if you want it to be.
Can you recommend a town to spend time in, the Thai visa runs are a pain. Cheers.
Hello Alina,
had not heard about Kampot before.
Great audio 👍🏻
My first thought seeing You with the hat, You could start a series: Hats allover the world. You already collected so many. 🙂
Best regards, Ralf
@6:32, I just simple LUV how your nails match your padres dragonfruit drink ! I hope he at least got a little splash of rum in there to go with his dinna !
Campot is a beautiful and relaxing town to live
Thank you so much for visit my country ❤
Very good Alena
What a huge roundabout
Thank you for visiting Cambodia for me, I was born in Northwestern of the country. Odar Meanchey province. I'm happy to see you and your dad enjoyed the trip. The big Bird you have seen in the Wat Phnom is called the Great horn bill bird. Stay happy, healthy and safe 😂😅
Thanks q for visit Cambodia Kampot ❤
Welcome to Cambodia 🇰🇭
Superbe ville de Kampot
Great presentation of Kampot. It is a very relaxed and pleasant place. I and my Cambodian wife has some land there and we go there every time I am in the country (I currently work elsewhere). Rikitavi is a nice place and we stayed there just before Christmas and have good food that fits the more cautious traveller. I also always visit the Kampot Pie and Icecream Palace that is at the riverside on the corner opposite the Fish market restuarant. It has been around for at least 15-16 years and have very good ice cream and pastries.
A correction: there is a another great booking service for tuktuks in Cambodia that service Kampot and that is PassApp. It is very easy to use, just as Grab.
Be aware that those booking services also charge the drivers for each ride (around 1400 riels), and sometimes the drivers may ask you to cancel the booking to avoid paying the fee. Don't do that. Instead, round up the amount it costs to the nearest 1000 riels and then add another 1000 riel. Then both the service can survive as well as the driver get compensation for the fee they need to pay. They have low pay and the competition is fierce among the drivers.
Amazed she missed mentioning Passap!! I wouldn't like to be in Cambodia without it (when not on my own bike)
My parents' homeland. But we rarely go to the Kampong town. :D. Durian from Kampot is so famous for Cambodian. It is tasty but a bit high price compare to other durian from other provinces. Durian is a fruit symbol of Kampot Province. Other famous food is Fish sauce, sea crab and Nom Banh Jok..etc...
Welcome to Cambodia!
Thank you Alina🌍
You look great wherever you are!😊
Love your care of your father. Very admirable 🥰
If you get the chance, view the movie that takes place in Cambodia called Rice People. It has won international film awards and is gripping. It's not about the war.
Rikki Tikki Tavi was a single-episode cartoon special in 1975 where the title character was a very cute and valiant mongoose who defended his [human] family from evil cobras. We watched it a few times as kids, loved it. Seems to be available on RUclips. I just learned from googling: the story is actually part of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Fantastic Alina BTW China is open
Welcome to Cambodia.
Can't wait to see your dad trying Durian for the first time.
really nice view, I hope you are given health
Thank you so much, so beautiful girl❤️️🙏 That visiting Cambodia and thanks for sharing the video to world say about Cambodian🙏🙏❤️️❤️️. I wish you and your family have good health and good luck all the time❤️️❤️️😘
Looks like a nice place , not too busy .....
You're really an awesome person taking care of your dad 😍
Aw thanks!
thanks for sharing
The Kapot has the best crabs in Cambodia at the seaside.
You describe Kampot very well. A lovely little place with very nice people. I was there at the same time as you. I rented a mountain bike and did many tours on traffic-free routes. I will definitely go back very soon.
Nice people ? Ah ah let me laugh all what they want is money...and some petrol stations do not accept to sell gazoline because you are foreigner as they are so nationalist !
An other thing i really dislike is they never want to queue ..you are queueing as everybody should , and a khmer just come over , take your place ..i dont let my self do that....they have no education , many of them cannot even read or write their own language...
Dont tell me , it is an exeption as i live in countryside of kampot for 10 years..i hate to go in town , see those drunk bareng , fat of the beer they drink ,with their shorts.. Disgusting !
Kampot used to be a nice town before all those horrible expats escaped Sihanoukville , and changed the philosophy of kampot....i am glad , i am from them all...
Welcome to Cambodia
I love Columbia 😊 nice place my friend solid supporter here Philippines Mr Adventure Mix 😊
Pepper farm is definitely a role model for other Asian countries.
Nice view!!