Kep

The seaside resort of Keb-del-Mer (Krong Kep, also spelled Kaeb),is a province-level municipality that consists of little more than a small peninsula facing Bokor National Park and Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island. Famed for its spectacular sunsets and splendid seafood, it was founded as a colonial retreat for the French elite in 1980s.
     In the 1960s, Cambodian high rollers continued the tradition, but khmer Rouge rule brought evacuation, followed, in the 1980s, by systematic looting. Today, scores of Kep's
luxurious prewar villas remain blackened shells, relics of a once of great (or at least rich and flashy) civilisation that met a sudden and violent end.
     Some find Kep a bit soulless because is lacks a centre and accommodation options are spread out all over the place. Others revel in its sleepy vibe, content to relax at their resort, nibble on crab ar the famed Crab Market and poke around the mildewed shell of modernist villas, which still give the town a sort of post-apocalyptic feel.

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