Koh Kong

I have finally found the place in Cambodia I want to live...maybe forever ;) It has the Ocean on one side and the Mountains on the other. It is green and beautiful...and well very quiet. Some how when it is only 40,000 people instead of 4 million there is less noise. I was amazed when I woke up in the morning and hear a guy actually telling his dog to stop barking...novel idea. The reason I wen to Koh Kong, which is a boarder town with Thailand, was to visit one of my Uncle's Sisters who is a Missionary Doctor with her husband. I could have cried eating the Midwest delicacy of pea soup and bread she had ready when we arrived off the bus. Sigh...it tasted like home. And for this weekend it is was I needed. I needed the peaceful setting and comforts of home. The city is very draining after a while.

Danielle and I

The afternoon we arrived we went out to see a Mangrove forest with a walk way winding through. It was fun being surrounded by green and looking for crab's in the black dirt as we walked out. We crossed a suspension bridge at the end and felt like I was back in Elementary school on the playground equipment, but this time if someone started jumping up and down we would all fall in the water. After the bridge was an observation tower where we got a full look at the area.

Walk Way

One of the 4 different kinds of crabs I saw

The next morning it was raining but as this area of Cambodia gets one of the highest in rainfall(they got 4 inches that morning) all year we headed out when it changed from a down pour into a drizzle. Mary took us to see the hospital were she works and the around town. We all road bicycles and the rain even let up as we go to the river area. We ate lunch at the house before heading out to see a waterfall. We had to do a little "off roading" and I could only think of my cousins and how much fun they would have had with their trucks...and I got to do it on the back of a dirt bike :)
Mode of transportation


Crossing a River on the way to the waterfall


Mary and Hubert


The waterfall

Later that night we got cleaned up and went out for dinner at this great restaurant. Eat sitting area is a little hut and you sit on the floor to eat. They also had hammocks we made good use of :) The food was great and very peaceful as we sat and listened to fish jumping while dusk settled over the day.


View from our table


Where we sat to eat

On Sunday Danielle and I got on the bikes to take some last minute pictures before church. We had our final lunch before catching our bus back to the city. I was very sad to leave and am planning on finding more time to go back. Apparently they have an Animal show close by as well and it sounds like something similar to Sea World...I am very curious :)