here i am. today i did all the cultural things that i had avoided in my laziness of the last few days. so i went to the russian market (i now have a beer lao tshirt! yay!), then S21 (which was appalling, scary, horrible, and i only managed to see half of it) and finally the royal palace (where i managed to take a few pictures even though i didn't buy a camera ticket... ops). lunch was at pop cafe' (grazie francesco per il consiglio!), apparently the best italian restaurant in town - i'll have to agree with that, my pasta alla carbonara was perfect.
tomorrow morning at around 7 i will be getting on a bus to kampot, and i shall be there for a couple of days, and then another day in kep before heading north to either kompong cham or kratie (kratie might be too far for me to get to in one day, due to silly bus schedule).
i shall be back with news of kampot pepper and kep seafood very soon. :)
p.s. i do have to apologise to the people who have written to me - i will reply to your emails at some point, i promise. sometimes writing too much is a bit draining, and today i'm really not in the mood. lots of love to you all though. ;)