A week before moving to our permanent site, peace corps sent us on a little Kampuchia adventure to the rabbit islands, which is located in southern part of cambodia, right off the Gulf of Thailand. After eight weeks of training it was a much needed vacation...one which we all could not wait for.
Before arriving on the island we stopped at a resort that had a nice and relaxing pool. Also, if you paid six dollars for a breakfast buffet, (which is considered very expensive in Cambodia) than you can swim in the pool for free. We definitely took up both offers. The breakfast was so good that we went back the next morning to stuff ourselves all over again.
In order for us to get to our island we needed to take a 20-30 minute boat ride. It was something that I was very excited for but once i got on that boat I quickly changed my mind.
Neysa, Jill and corey looking very excited for rabbit island.
Amanda, Ashley, Eric, Diana and Vanessa.
As you can see, the boat is not leveled out with the water or even the island. It just goes to show how unsteady this boat was. I couldn't help but feel very scared. There was a lot of splashing going on.
But once we got to the island I could see that it was all worth it.
We had to walk another fifteen minutes just to get our final destinination.
Then after trenching through the bushes and wet trail we feasted our eyes on this glorious site.
Including us thirty-one volunteers, there must of been at least twenty other people on this island. We had the whole island left to ourselves to stay up late at night, build a bomb fire, jump in the water and not have a care in the world.
Jill and Andrea giving the thumbs up.
This was one of our rooms in our sweet bungalow
Even though there was no sun and there was a storm coming through it did not throw us off from having a great time. The water was not to cold, the waves were not to strong and at night I got to see the most amazing things ever. The bio luminescent algae, it's like seeing lightning bugs but underneath the water. The algae gets excited every time you splash the water and then they light up. It was beautiful.
Thank you Rabbit Islands for making this a memorable trip. We definitely plan on being back. <3
The Bioluminescent Group! <3<3
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