🤳 Video Tour Of Our Place In Steung Kach, Cambodia ⛰️
I recently shot a video tour of our place here in Steung Kach, Cambodia, to share with friends and family back home in the USA. Even though I haven't uploaded it to Facebook yet, that is my intention because it seems everyone I know in the USA is either uninterested in my blog and/or unwilling to simply make a browser bookmark to easily visit my Hive blog. I only post on Facebook once or twice every few months just to let my fellow 'Mericans know I'm still alive, but I honestly have no interest in the platform.
Several of you ASEAN Hivers have been asking for a proper tour of the land, and although this (at times) shaky footage is far from a proper tour, I hope it provides a clearer picture of how beautiful and peaceful our surroundings are. The hammock huts by the river are an absolutely great place to spend time, and luckily I didn't tumble down the hill while trying to show them to you all.
The land is now very soft and muddy but at least now we can begin to start some gardening projects to make this place a little greener and more beautiful. Once the mud is around the cabin has been properly landscaped and has some plants growing in it, the place will be much more photogenic for Airbnb, of which hope future bookings will be a lifeline for us.
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Wow man, you are really in a beautiful place! Thanks for showing us in this video.
The guest house looks lovely! From all of the buildings I've seen, not just in this video, but in previous pictures, this one looks most esthetic. I'm sure you won't have a problem renting it out.
I didn't really get the top secret part about the river, but I see that it is ideal for some rafting, kayaking, or inner tubing. Hope you'll get there sooner than later!
I find it strange how people are generally not into following social media that is a bit different from what they're used to. But I guess that's nothing new. It was no different with facebook either, back before everyone and their mom started using it.
Sorry for the shaky footage, a more professional video will come eventually, but at the the moment it's still easy to trip on a dirtball and fall while focusing on the camerawork. You're right the cabin has the best view and is the most beautiful building, so that's why we started with it. As much as I'd love to live in it, I think we will eventually build a mini cabin that is basically just a bedroom by the river's edge. My dream is to wake up, climb out of bed, and jump in the river.
I noticed the audio wasn't too good because I wasn't mic'd, but the top secret bit is the natural swimming pool. Some Khmers know about it and come just to swim in it, but they leave mounds of trash behind, so if the secret gets out and more tourists start coming, we won't have time for anything else other than picking up trash for free, not a recipe for success.
All of my friends basically agree Facebook, IG, and Twitter are dumpster fires, but they also aren't willing to try anything new, and I must admit that is the American mentality.
Awesome tour of an amazing place, Justin. I can sure see the potential of a little paradise.
Near the end of the video, I wondered whether the loud sound of the river kept you awake at night or perhaps would maoe you pee all the time and then you answered my question by telling us that it leads to deep sleep. Nice!
Big hug to all of you and keep up the good work. I would love to be a guest in your Airbnb, one day :^)
Thank you my man, it is paradise to us, even though there are thousands of hours of shovel and hoe work ahead of us. Something about the river rushing just makes you drift off to sleep. In other parts of the country I can easily stay awake working until the wee hours of the morning, but here my body just tells me to get in bed around midnight, and I can't even keep my eyes open. We do hope to host a knappe man here some day, I can imagine the veranda would be a good place for writing Sensitivosaurus stories.
You have done well to buy yourselves such a beautiful property. What an amazing place! That's fantastic that you are so close to God's back mountain, I think you called it. People will come to stay and won't want to leave. Will you offer yourself as a driver with your ape too? Thanks for the preview. I'm looking forward to more updates as you finish the cabin and get the garden happening with all that rich clay. So exciting to watch the developments.
You've got it, initially we'll only have the cabin to rent out properly, so I think we'll pitch ourselves as a bed and breakfast, and make ourselves totally available to our guests, willing to shuttle them around in the Ape for adventures. Once we have more spaces to rent, and perhaps a kitchen/store, I think we can stay busy here with cooking, doing laundry, etc. Eventually I'd love to see us all inclusive, with everything from the whole cabin for rent to a dorm room, tent sites, and mini A-frames by the water's edge.
Perhaps I'm thinking too big too early, but we gotta have goals right? Once we're renting the cabin out even as little as 5-6 days a month, we'll be able to fund further construction projects.
No such thing as too big too early if your budget can handle it. You are quite the entrepreneur to have such a vision for your property and also have the drive to implement the vision. Go for broke, I say, and believe in all your dreams and plans.
I could never get weary hearing the sounds of the river. Its therapeutic. More work to do yet but I can imagine its beauty when gardens will bloom. Thanks for the tour.
It still hasn't gotten old for me either, I love the natural white noise. We are already busy stocking up on various fruit trees, and once we have a tree canopy, it'll be easier to grow smaller things and protect the soil. Some fruit trees can produce in as little as 3-4 years, so things will move along slowly, but I can imagine the a future like you've mentioned.
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Such a special piece of land. I imagine that you really do get the best sleep ever with the sound of those rapids always rushing. Inflatables or a kayak would be perfect for that river. The pool blessed by the mountain seems like the perfect place for a swim.
It looks like you have been in high gear for a while and still have plenty more work to do, but I know it is all going to turn out amazing. Can't wait to see everything when it is finished. That Airbnb is going to be THE spot, especially since you said you are the closest to the trailhead.
I have a whitewater rafting/kayaking/rescue background, and I immediately saw this potential. At highwater it is very kayakable, but not for the faint of heart. At normal water levels, the river is clear but shallow, so not boatable, but perhaps tubing would be a good idea. There is at least a 500 meter stretch that could be safely tubed, and for the most part there aren't any sharp objects, just a couple pieces of rebar embedded in concrete that need to be marked and padded/protected.
A future experiment is definitely going to involve buying an agricultural innertube of some kind, and seeing how difficult and/or dangerous it is to move through the rapids. The trailhead thing, the whitewater, I can imagine myself perhaps even marketing our place to my old adventure buddies back in Colorado, who are still doing things like ice climbing and rafting, etc. My extreme sports days are behind me, especially because of no insurance and Cambodian hospital standards.
That’s awesome! I’ve only been rafting a few times. We have the New and Gauley rivers here in WV, the latter being one of the most dangerous/exciting in the world at times. Sounds like you could turn your backyard into quite the little playground. It’s wise to only experiment to figure out how things can work back there, rather than putting yourself in danger over and over. I feel like marketing the place as an extreme Airbnb would be awesome for a lot of people. That’s an experience, not just a cheap place to stay.
you have nice mountain view in your area. thanks for sharing
It is beautiful here, very peaceful and quiet most of the time.
It's a beautiful place, away from the hustle and bustle of urban life, very peaceful for the life of the soul.
Watching your video I feel like being there, bathing and having fun in that clear river water
Haha, you are correct, and of course you ASEAN Hivers are welcome to visit if you ever come to Cambodia. This place is a nice escape from the hustle and bustle of visiting places like Angkor Wat.
You are right this is the last escape for a truly peaceful escape, is it allowed to swim in the rivers?
It's great to see this place in video. I absolutely love the white noise coming from the river.
Do you think there will be a market for the bungalow on AirBnB? Will the guests be able to get supplies from nearby shops or are there any restaurants around?
I never thought of it as white noise until you mentioned it. The first week it was definitely a rushing river sound, but now that we've lived for awhile the sound has become more like white noise, and despite being a stone's throw from the highway, a passing semi-truck laying on the airbrakes doesn't even wake me up at night.
There is nothing of scale around here for at least 30 minutes in any direction, but that will kind of be a blessing, because once we have a dorm room and tent sites, I think we can host enough guests for them all to socially interact with one another and create a bit of social scene here. Eventually we'll have a cafe and laundry services, moto rentals, and hopefully be able to earn extra income from all these things.
I love the progress! What if you used rocks from the creek to make the stairs to the cabin?
We thought about it, but it would take weeks, and there aren't any rocks of size on our side of the river anymore, I've used them mostly for erosion control. The hillside is steep, and even carrying a bucket of rocks up the hill is quite a task, so I think we'll go with a wooden staircase and handrail. Perhaps at the water's edge building with rocks will be a bit easier, but I need more rocks for erosion control, so we're going to have to eventually rig up a pulley system to float rocks across the river for hillside reinforcement.
Hi hi Justin.. wow.. such an amazing video tour of your 🏠 and the surrounding. I feel like I am there. So much greenery.
It is a shame the original owner cut almost every single tree down, it sure would be nice to have some shade on the hilltop. Luckily it's not too hot here, so that's not really a problem, and when we replant trees, it will be various fruits, everything from jackfruit to snakefruit and longans.
Hi hi Justin.. I wonder why would the owner cut the trees. I am sure after a year, this nice place of yours will looks green and beautiful. A new tourist attraction. Where is the nearest airport? I've never heard of the snake fruit. Will be checking it out. 😀😀😀
The nearest proper airport would probably be Sihanoukville, or perhaps Trat in Thailand. Shame how long fruit trees take to get tall and provide shade, but I can imagine us having a tree canopy again here, but I guess this time around everything will be edible. Perhaps you call snakefruit "salak," not sure.
Hey, 3Speak success, good news. The mud is a bit of an issue when it rains, but we're currently chatting with grass seed companies, something not common in Cambodia, so we were surprised to see any exist at all. Thank you for taking the tour, and of course if you ever find yourself in Cambodia, the cabin is yours for as long as you need.
A lot of potential! The blank space between the buildings, I have a picture of several topless hot guy doing volleyball 🤪 must be influenced by Top Gun.
That Airbnb place looks marvelous and coming along nicely. Originally I thought the hammock hut was in between your brick house and the Airbnb. Not bad too, as you showed there should be a staircase leading down the stream.
Nothing makes things more clear than a video tour. Once the place is finished and we have guests in all the spaces, I'll be playing lots of topless hetero volleyball for sure. We found a guy the other day that may want to rent one of our hammock huts as a simple home, would be some small but much needed fiat.