Koh Kong

So this past weekend we had our first real group excursion to Koh Kong, less than 8 kilometers from Thailand!  But since BYU won't let us go to Thailand it was one of those 'so-close-but-so-far' situations.  I'll just have to go back later to get that passport stamp!  Anyways, the weekend was just full of adventurous activities.  We spent Friday afternoon kayaking around some mangroves and up to this island with the creepiest statues ever! I mean it was just all these gory death scenes, crazy weird statues some with really creepy grins and others with weird animal heads.  We talked to some guy and they apparently had something to do with punishing bad people in Buddhism... but I don't know...

Our lovely little hotel pier with a restaurant and bungalows to relax in

Nicole, me, Lisa, and Chelsey out in the kayaks

Nicole, my personal kayaking chauffeur

Creepy Buddhist statues and me

Saturday we took a river cruise up to the gorgeous Tatai Falls where we had a grilled seafood lunch, swam under the falls, went rock jumping into the falls, and hung out for the day.

Grilled prawns, squid, and chicken!

In Cambodia you eat the whole fish- go big or go home!

After the falls we went out to the largest mangroves in Cambodia and walked the path through them.  They were really pretty, right on the river, and they were also vaguely reminiscent of the Forbidden Forest...yeah I could see some Acromantulas living up in there!

So all in all a pretty nice weekend, yeah?