Life in Kampot – Travel Photography in Cambodia

In the picturesque French quarter of Kampot, two Buddhist monks are intent on collecting offerings during their usual morning tour.

The wall of an old French colonial building is used for drying clothes ...

A man relaxes on the riverside

Colonial memories

During a monsoon day, two parents are taking their children to school by motorbike

Taxi drivers wait for customers in monsoon rain

On a sunny day, a Cambodian family enjoys the calm of the Kampot Riverfront

After school, young Cambodians meet along the river

A street vendor wanders around the Kampot market

In Kampot it is easy to see scenes from old Asia. Here three children are taken to school by rikscio'

When temperatures drop, many locals flock to the riverside to walk and play sports

I photographed this Khmer woman out of the market in Kampot. It is very common in the country to see old women's smocking or chewing tobacco, expecially in rural areas, while is still very unusual see young women's with cigarettes due to the bad reputation associated with it.

In the courtyard of her home, a woman kneels in front of two Buddhist monks to receive blessings

Group of Cambodian women return home after work in a collective taxi

In the thick fog, a Buddhist monk takes a photo at Wat Sampov Pram temple in the Bokor Mountains outside Kampot

Local man jumping in Teuk Chhuo river after sunset

Tourists enjoy the sunset from a wooden deck of a riverside guesthouse

On the bridge, after a monsoon rain, a little girl watches in the distance the fishing boats heading towards the sea for night fishing.

Fishing boats cross the river towards the sea