Jan 29
The Klong Kheaw Waterfall was nothing like I had expected. Although I’m not too sure what I really had expected, it was so much more. Walking along the trail at first everything appeared the same as any park or hiking trail in America, but when you took a closer look you could see it was much different. The vegetation was so lush as well as beautiful and interesting to see. I think my favorite thing in the woods were the intertwining tree roots all over the ground. Some of them stretched as far as the eye could see. It was so beautiful walking through the paths and looking at all the bamboo trees and exotic plants.
I really loved the part in the vegetation when the path was full of tree limbs and plants over your head like a covered bridge. It looked like something you would see in a romantic movie. The actual waterfalls were amazing. The water felt so refreshing and cooling. At first we walked down into the water and tried to navigate our way through the rocks and water.It was not such a good idea!!
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Dec 11
Our trip to Laos was a trip I will never forget. I wasn’t sure what to expect for just a simple Visa run but it was much more interesting then I had expected. First off, I had never been on a train before and I wasn’t sure how happy I felt about a five hour bus ride followed by a twelve hour train ride. Surprisingly it all went really well, although it could have been nice simply because I was excited to be traveling somewhere new.
The train was really interesting. There was a restaurant and a bar in one of the train cabs which I thought was very exciting. Of course we found ourselves sitting in the bar to waste time before trying to sleep on the upper bunk in the train cabin. The bar was small and had limited seating so we were sitting next to complete strangers from all around the world. By the end of the night we had found ourselves getting our palms read by a Korean documentary film maker, and telling stories with a man from Holland. It was so much fun to encounter many different people. Once we headed to our beds we tried to catch some sleep on the bumpy train ride. For me it was difficult to sleep but not impossible. I am lucky to not have motion sickness or feel nauseated easily. I am sure there were lots of people feeling quite sick, because I literally was rolling around in my top bunk all night.
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Dec 09
During the last weekend a lot happened in mere 2 days; Joanna always wanted to travel to the South-Western coast of Ghana since the beginning of her volunteering. She was very interested to see elephants, monkeys and crocodiles.
So Annette, Joanna, and I decided that it would be a rewarding expedition if we go and travel to Cape Coast together. Friday 18th of November we ventured off early in the morning and left Koforidua at around 4:30 am to catch the first “tro-tro” to Cape coast.
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