Will Kampot lose its soul to tourist development?

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Re: Will Kampot lose its soul to tourist development?

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phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:30 pm
Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:23 pm Kampot became a cheap charlie rasta paradise.
its been that for years.
Oh FFS, get over these generalisations about Kampot. There are all sorts of people living in Kampot.

All foreigners living in Phuket, Thailand, are not sexpats or junkies, right ? So why would every single expat living in Kampot be a cheap charlie rasta ? Lots of good people living in Kampot, so maybe check it out when you get a visa to visit.
If you haven't been there this year then you may be surprised. Things change, y'know. :drooling bouncy:
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Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:07 pm
phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:30 pm
Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:23 pm Kampot became a cheap charlie rasta paradise.
its been that for years.
Oh FFS, get over these generalisations about Kampot. There are all sorts of people living in Kampot.

All foreigners living in Phuket, Thailand, are not sexpats or junkies, right ? So why would every single expat living in Kampot be a cheap charlie rasta ? Lots of good people living in Kampot, so maybe check it out when you get a visa to visit.
If you haven't been there this year then you may be surprised. Things change, y'know. :drooling bouncy:
Yep it's changed over the last couple of years with the shitsville refugees and girlie bars, weather that's an improvement or not it's up to you but it has changed
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Re: Will Kampot lose its soul to tourist development?

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i would go every 4-5 days when i was in Kep for a meal, (eating on the docked boats), visit the local market or buy some baked goods. Not much was available in Kep than..
always liked it, there were lots of older guys smoking dope and rasta looking young guys, Which i have zero problems with
Of course i have not been since Sept 2018
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phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:34 pm i would go every 4-5 days when i was in Kep for a meal, (eating on the docked boats), visit the local market or buy some baked goods. Not much was available in Kep than..
always liked it, there were lots of older guys smoking dope and rasta looking young guys, Which i have zero problems with
Of course i have not been since Sept 2018
Bad luck the docked boats have been moved on now, why I don't know most disappointed last time I was there No boats ( where's a man gonna get a $5 head job now) in Kampot
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Re: Will Kampot lose its soul to tourist development?

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atst wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:26 pm
Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:07 pm
phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:30 pm
Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:23 pm Kampot became a cheap charlie rasta paradise.
its been that for years.
Oh FFS, get over these generalisations about Kampot. There are all sorts of people living in Kampot.

All foreigners living in Phuket, Thailand, are not sexpats or junkies, right ? So why would every single expat living in Kampot be a cheap charlie rasta ? Lots of good people living in Kampot, so maybe check it out when you get a visa to visit.
If you haven't been there this year then you may be surprised. Things change, y'know. :drooling bouncy:
Yep it's changed over the last couple of years with the shitsville refugees and girlie bars, weather that's an improvement or not it's up to you but it has changed
Yes, of course Kampot has changed, but everything changes, and in Cambodia, things can change very fast in little time. Not saying that I like Kampot better now, and 10 years ago I much prefered Sihanoukville anyway. I lived in the boonies for a while as well but got tired of it.

Also, I am getting tired of these lazy stereotypes of expats by other expats - Kampot are the unwashed, Koh Rong are the never washed, SHV are shirtless sexpats gone AWOL, Kep are rich hermits... etc.

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