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Cambodia in the country, where in a decade in the world for a long tourism has been part of life in the community with facilities and access to the many attractions of the place is a temple to the ancient Angkor Wat, which is the resurrection of the city's beach resort is the attractiveness for visitors world tour on the beach.

The sleepy city of Kep in the southeast coast has been earmarked as Cambodia's first boutique tourism destination, but for now bears some characteristics of the countless Meccas backpacker resorts and spread throughout Southeast Asia.

Tourist numbers have surged in the last few years, but the city is only a few thousand people have been updated with soft, life characters. Unlike Sihanoukville, the living from couch guesthouses, bars and nightclubs in the central coast, take the Kep road seems akan relaxed against the development of its tourism sector.

But with heavy rain, the crystal sea water and philanthropist, Kep is found that the tourists do not need much encouragement. A three-hour drive from the capital Phnom Penh, Kep has become a favorite weekend retreat for expats and Cambodia's burgeoning middle class.

The city only 20 minutes from Vietnam just opened a new border crossing, making it the perfect place to say hello or to Cambodia.

"They expect us to fewer tourists in Cambodia this year," said a local taxi driver. "But more and more to come here every day, to see the mountains and caves, and of course, to eat."

Kep crabs are famous among the many treasures to help the city become a playground for the Cambodian government of France in the early 20th century. Along with the independence and the former king Norodom Sihanouk leaders, elite of France, built dozens of apartment buildings in the hills along the coast and sail their yachts in the protected waters in the Gulf of Thailand.

But in many areas such as Cambodia, Kep is ravaged by the United States' secret bombing campaign during the Indochinese War, and was evacuated during the forced Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-1979. The ultra-communist group are considered the city a symbol of hedonism and bourgeois colonial oppression, and most were destroyed and infrastructure.

Kep lay dormant for more than a decade, and scars from the past that are still visible among the poor are ignored and the local amenities. That stands in the waterfront villa has been left to become overgrown with trees and Vines, and now only the smallest fishing boat from the dock in the harbor that once crowded.

Kep's striking beauty, but even if not years paled conflicts, negligence and civil war. Hotels and guesthouses catering for all budgets that have been built along the coast, including banh CHATT Knai exclusive hotel, which offers impressive views of Bokor Mountain's infinity pool.

While the city does not have a beach and separated from the sea by a red strip of rough stones, the cheap 30 minute boat ride to Koh Thonsay - known as Rabbit Island - shows one of Cambodia's pristine beaches. Budget accommodation is required, as the island beds that are only available housed in the palm-wood bungalows, which can be rented for between $ 7 and $ 10 per night.

The bungalows' power generator will be disabled in 10, and the neon lights along the coast gradually, a spectacular night sky is revealed.

But more than Kep May be a variety of attractions both seafood offered in restaurants and cafés of the city. Crab cooked with local pepper to sell between $ 3 and $ 10, and grilled fish on skewers cost less than $ 5. Section, or the less eco-conscious, baked seahorse is also available.

Driving through the various building sites, roads and bulldozers working on the road outside the city, we get the impression that the waves travel at the threshold. So that tourists look for cheap escapes in tropical Southeast Asia, now may be time to experience Kep and beat the rush.