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A colored-pencil drawing of the crab-market shore at low tide — women wading in the shallows with the round woven crab pots, the market pavilions and Rabbit Island beyond.

So much of daily life in Kep means a trip to Kampot — the hospital, a reliable ATM, a full shop. This tool lists what actually forces the run so you can batch a trip, and works out what one round trip costs in fuel.

The forest loop behind town is Kep's best walk and its cheapest day out. The new guide lays out the roughly 8 km circuit, the $1 entry at the booth behind Veranda Natural Resort, the climb up to Sunset Rock over the coast and islands, and the plain practicalities: Led Zep Café near the entrance is the only water, food and toilet on the route, so fill up before you set off, walk in the cooler morning or late afternoon, and finish before the light goes. It also notes the animals honestly — give the forest macaques room and don't feed them, and watch for dogs near the hillside nunnery.

Crab at the market has no fixed price — it is sold by bargaining, and visitors are often charged more than regulars. The new price board is the neighbours' own running figure: anyone who bought at the market can sign in and share what they paid for crab, a cooked plate, squid or prawns, and everyone sees the typical (median) price of recent reports. Reading it needs no account. It starts empty and fills as people report; one or two reports are not a price, so the typical figure only shows once a few have come in. It reports what people paid — not official prices, and not advice on what is fair.

The Rabbit Island boat page shows the real public fare and reads today's wind and waves on the crossing; a who-to-call card gathers the pharmacy and the Kampot hospitals; and a month-by-month planner covers the seasons, the harvests and the holidays.