In Kampot in an $8 room

My expectations of what I thought I needed in a hotel room have been confounded in Kampot. I travelled on from Kep with one of the people I met at Botanica who is on a much tighter budget than me and we managed to find a couple of $8 rooms with a fan and cold water that were clean and comfortable (The Little Garden for the record). Kampot is a bit more happening than Kep, it has lots of bars run by expats with happy hours and western comfort food that play music that makes you turn to your companions and exclaim "oh my god, I haven't heard this song for ages!". I certainly didn't do much over the 2 days I spent here - a walk to the market, watching the sunset over the rivers with a beer in hand, reading. That's about it really. But becoming aware I need to get my arse into gear to move on to Laos I decided to go back to Phnom Penh and sort out both my Laos and Vietnamses visas however long that would take then head back to Kampot for the weekend to hang out with friends. So back on the bus I went.