hello darling : Koh Kong

WARNING: this drags on

sorry that it has been so long since my last post, but i have been really busy with my internship during the day and watching shows online during the evening ;)

a few weeks ago we went to Koh Kong for a mini break weekend. it was so beautiful there and really nice to get away and out of the city for a few days. we went kayaking on the river and had an evening dinner boat cruise, complete with FIRE FLIES! the river was beautiful and looked right out of a picture. i felt like my childhood fantasies of kayaking down a river with pocahontas were finally being realized. there was also a super creepy display on one of the islands of old statues that were brutally murdering each other. it was supposed to represent what would happen to you after you die if you are crap on this earth. i refused to touch any of the statues out of fear that i would be cursed. i also took no pictures for the same reason.

we went to dinner at a delicious place called Cafe Laurent. holy smokes it was so chinang! i got a creme brûlée that was heaven.

that headband i am wearing seems to be my accessory of choice
this summer

we took a trip on one of the days to see a mangrove forest. i have never seen them before or really heard much about them. i found the forest to be rather harry potteresc. i was keeping my eyes peeled for a dark hooded figure in the distance.

there is a famous waterfall that we went to as well. i think it is just koh kong waterfall. it was so beautiful to see the water fall over the rocks yet be so peaceful and calm right before it plunged. it really is out of a story book and everything i used to imagine while playing "lost girls" when i was little. when it was time for lunch we trekked our way back down the rockway for lunch where they made us fresh shrimp, squid, and fish. i tried all of it, even ripping the head off the shrimp and squishing the guts out of the squid. i may have needed clarissa to rip the legs off the shrimp though. you would think after 2 1/2 years at red lobster i would have developed more of an affinity for seafood. oh well, i tried it, and taking my dislike for seafood out of it, they did an amazing job cooking it.

this kid was so cool

our boats that had someone pumping water out of them the whole time

for a size reference

i'm concerned because i'm not sure where that swim suit is right now

after lunch we forged across the river, like 30 meters to the other side so we could get in some cliff jumping. even with 10 years of competitive swimming under my suit, i still insisted on wearing a life jacket to cross the water and i'm glad it did too. SAFETY FIRST, even if you look like a nerd, because you know my other public health friends did the same thing. after some serious cliff jumping where our tour guide "Lucky" was showing off, everything in cambodia is called lucky, we came back to the boat and headed out. on the way back though, lucky was hopping all over the place with what looked like some sweet indigenous moves, when he ate it hard! crash and burn and ricochet! i tried my best not to laugh. luckily for him, i also fell flat on my face a few minutes after, like knock the wind out of you! so i like to think he wasn't quite as embarrassed after. the scab on my leg has only just gone away.