Like much of Cambodia, the destruction and aftermath of the Khmer Rouge's brutal reign in the seventies is felt all over Kep.
Most perceptible are the abandoned villas of the 1960's; once the seaside escapes of the French Colonial authorities and the elite (even the King had his own mini-palace here), they now sit vacant and crumbling some 50+ years on, returning to the earth, being swallowed up by the trees and vines and the dirt slowly.
Riding around the roads, it's hard not to notice these abandoned villas, there's a lot of them.
Their ghostly presence all throughout the streets of Kep are a reminder to stop and pay your respects to the Cambodian people who've endured so much hardship and continue to deal with the aftermath decades on.
Kep, Cambodia