Given how close the crab bamboo baskets are from shore, it has made us very trepidatious about swimming in the sea. The (mainly) girls who run into the water to retrieve the baskets wear stockings & thongs or sandals to provide a little protection from these imposing claws-not a great fashion statement but a necessary part of the crab-basket-retrievers risk mitigation strategy I suspect.
Kep is tiny. We are thankfully staying in a lovely resort & using this time to slow down (not sure how much slower we can get) & relax in the resort. We have wonderful privacy & have convinced ourselves that we have planned this ultimate indulgence. We feel a bit guilty that we have an entire staff waiting on us but that's the challenge of low season for places like this which are not necessarily on the standard tourist trail.
The crab boats go out morning, mid-morning & evening. They are busy people & the boats seem tiny in the sea. The crab markets are a competitive place, you think the crabs have claws ...
We have eaten crabs with peppercorns, crab with noodles, crab with rice, crab with vegetables, crab with pepper sauce, crab with an undisclosed sauce. Delicious as it is, it's a bit of work to get to the gold so we may have had our fill.
Top 5
1. We are thankful that we have jobs where the claws can figuratively rather than literally come out
2. The passion of the crab sellers is admirable. They are harsh, competitive, focused when it comes to a prospective sale but can still have a laugh with the customers & their colleagues between times
3. New experiences can be found on the road less travelled
4. Sometimes, too much of a good thing is too much
5. The benefits of planned relaxation and occasional indulgence are innumerate
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