Our First Hike in Cambodia

Last Saturday a group of staff went on a hike to a beautiful waterfall 2 hours outside of Phnom Penh. We have been missing the mountains of Colorado and being outside hiking so this was a great opportunity for us to feel a little more outdoorsy. We did have some adventure along our hike. Well at least some of us did. Gideon and two other teachers decided to go exploring when a group of us got a little bit of the path. The rest of us decided to turn back and find the experienced teachers who knew the path while the three decided to keep going to see if they were going the right way. The group that turned back found the right trail and decided to leave arrows on the path for the other three to give them some direction when they finally realized they were not going the right way. Long story short they didn't see the arrows and it took them another 30 minutes of hiking through brush to find the waterfall. I'm sure if Gideon told this story it would sound a bit different filled with sliding down sides of mountains, and jumping from rock to rock, and seeing huge spiders and poisonous snakes. Then he complains about his knees hurting, body aching, and getting too old and he wonders why!

Anyway, we had a great time playing in the pool at the bottom of the waterfall, enjoying the mist, and eating our sack lunches. It felt good to get some exercise in the great outdoors! Here are some pictures of our hike!