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Knai Bang Chatt brings WASPy to SE Asia

Where: Kep Beach, Kep, Kampot, Cambodia

Last year, Claire Duffet gave us the low-down on the Siem Reap Hotel Scene. But this year, she's taking us off the beaten path to some of Cambodia's Remote Hotels. Any questions or suggestions? Let us know.

While visiting Kep’s many hotels, it’s quickly apparent that the seaside town--as opposed to sprawling, seedy Sihanoukville--wants to be upscale and subdued. Refreshingly for Cambodia, development here for the most part, seems slow, careful, and planned. One hotel owner told us he was banned from building on the road where King-Father Sihanouk’s old mansions are located. We were happy to hear it.

Listed among Conde Nast Traveler's Hot List 2007, and with rates that start at US$110 a night, Knai Bang Chatt isn't trying to be anything but the very best. The setting is sublime -- three main buildings sit upon a landscaped lawn estate with a sizeable horizon pool accompanied by a wooden lovely, open-air restaurant along the waterfront that serves up fine, very healthy, food.

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Cambodia Hotel Guide :: More Eco Lodging In Kep

Where: Kep Mountain Hillside road, Kep, Cambodia

HotelChatter and Jaunted Contributing Editor Claire Duffett is now reporting from Cambodia and this week she is giving us the low-down on the hotel scene. Any questions about accommodations? Send 'em to us and we'll get them answered for ya.

Earlier this week, we told you about Rainbow Lodge in the jungles of southwestern Cambodia. Turns out, the place has some company in the world of midrange eco lodges in the country wedged between Thailand and Laos.

Veranda Natural Resort, in Kep, Cambodia, has many of the amenities of Rainbow at half the price ($25 versus $50, though Rainbow's fee includes three delicious daily meals). It also includes 24-hour electricity and air conditioning, welcome amenities that might call the eco-friendly claims into question.

Kep, a sleepy town that's just now, for better or for worse, waking up to tourism, is located on the ocean. The beach there is lousy, we hear, but a short boat ride from the virtually uninhabited Rabbit Island a 20-minute boat ride away, which offers better sand and debris-free surf.

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