Black Pepper Farm in Cambodia 🇰🇭 10% to Steem-Travelers Community, Steemexclusive

Once upon a time... when the world didn't know covid-19 and people could travel freely... [laughter in the audience, shouts "liar!"] ... at that time, I traveled to Cambodia, a town called Kampot. A great place for those who have no reason to hurry.

No, this is not the prettiest town on earth but it is relatively neat, calm, and safe which is unusual for poor Cambodia. A laid-back destination for sipping cocktails for a week or two for those who lost the idea why they should move futher.

There is a list of things to do in the city and around it and one of them is visiting black pepper farms.

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There are many black pepper farms in Kep district, 20-30 km away from Kampot. To cross that distance, you need to rent a motorbike (4-5$ for 24h), this is the cheapest and most convenient option, there is no public transportation there.

I chose Sothy's Pepper Farm (on the google.map).

A decent highway Kampot - Kep turns into a dirt road meandering in the countryside but, thanks to google.maps, it was easy to find the place.

That certain farm didn't ask for fees and even provided a volunteer to guide me through that place.

These volunteers (from workaway.com) stayed there for free and even had free food and, in exchange, helped the farm with visitors and agriculture tasks.

I listened to a story the volunteer must have told me and, then, politely asked that guy to leave me 😁 since I wanted to thoughtfully take images of the plants "if possible".

Nikkor 60mm Macro on Nikon D750, Settings: f/5.0, 1/125. This image will join a photo contest in Steem-Travelers Community.

This is how black pepper grows. The taste of these green peppercorns are the same but they can fit some dishes better than black pepper powder.

They collect green peppercorns and dry them in a special barn and, soon, they have what we all know:

Kampot black pepper is a certified geographical indication product since there is a perfect climate and unique soil in that region as well as the centuries-old tradition. It is purchased by restaurants and retailers from all over the world.

Kampot, Cambodia on the map

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All photos were taken by me with Nikon D750 and Nikkor lenses.