i call this "epic"

i really don't know how to explain well the adventure that we all had on our tree top trip. we hiked miles into the jungle, like strait down. my quads will never be the same. we then proceeded, for the next two days, to complete 18 life changing zip lines, 3 tite rope walks, 3 death bridges, a rock climb on the edge of a mountain cliff, and another daringly steep hike back up out of the jungle. i met my first leaches and slept in a treehouse. like geniuses, none of the 4 girls in my tree remembered flashlights or our phones, so when the lights went out at 9:30 we were in total darkness. luckily rebecca had a dinky book light on her. i took advantage of it and her grace and patience when at 11:00pm i woke up and went into a total panic attack because i could see literally nothing at all. (i was having visions of that spider in my bed and not knowing) she was kind enough to wake up at my prompting and shine her like for 10 seconds so i could calm down.

i met a group of fairies and pixies out here. i was kind of intimidated because i didn't know what to expect. they were nice, like no pixie hollow or anything, but they were friendly. we were not given any pixie dust, despite my request.

such a delicious lunch. the salsa of all things was amazing! this entire group of people that went with us was amazing. honestly some truly exceptional individuals here. love you john and shannon. i have a couple crush on you.

wiggly bridges. this one was pretty good. another one took me like 5 minutes to cross while the guide was laughing at me. 

we got super muddy every time we zip lined, and i liked it. i attempted to capture this, but some annoying person kept photo bombing us. this picture is capturing the moment before my kill shot that made him stop.

definitely zip lined across this multiple times. i couldn't take as many pictures as i would have liked because it was raining. i'm ok with it though. i was able to really just feel the moment and the beauty around me. i felt like i was in a fairy tale.

long long story. we ended up spending until 3am in the police station the night we came back to cambodia after a gang of tuk tuk drivers threatened to kill our driver. with a blessing from God we are all safe. who knows if these guys actually got in trouble, 2 of them were caught, or if they just paid off the police, but here is an image from our night. i had to report it to UNICEF the next day. we ended up in the UN security report that every employee gets. why can i not stay out of the news when i travel internationally?

all together an amazing, incredible, scary, epic, and life changing trip. i'm just so grateful for all the amazing opportunities i seem to be consistently blessed with.