Cambodiyeet: kamPOT

So for New Years the EWH organisers gave us an extra day off so we had a four day weekend. Yeet about 25 of the 30+ Cambodian group decided to spend it in Kampot, a small island town south of Phnom Penh.

29th

Was hungover from the gay bar the night before lmao. hopped on a bus at 7 am in the morning and it took fkn 5 hours to get to Kampot. We were melting in the heat but walked the 15 mins to our hostel, The Mad Monkey. Issa chain and they have Mad Monkeys like everywhere. ANYWAY was super duper nice, we had lunch, played pool, checked in then jumped in da pool. WAS SO FUNNNN we played volleyball and water polo but lmao Tahnee accidentally hit the ball too hard and it knocked the phone out of someones hand and it cracked :(

We all showered then went out to see the markets that were there for new years/the weekend not too sure. bought some nike slides for $2.50 (totally legit) because I forgot to bring me thongs

Then had dinz at the only restaurant that popped up on Google maps that wasn't too far from our hostel. There was a little kitty cat there that was so bloody cute. I LOVE CAMBODIA BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS SO MANY STRAY CATS.

Went back to our hostel and we were all kinda just having a chill night but for some reason Stephen was super drunk and started spooning this guy in our cabin, Ivor HAHAHAHA. he was like "this is the safest I have ever felt" WAS SO FUNNY. I think everyone realised how kind Stephen was after that night and also we just confirmed the fact that he acts differently around girls and guys.

30th

Sis sent me this in the morning literally fml MISS dis bitch SO MUCH

We went on an "all-day tuktuk tour". Started at the salt fields where we almost got baited to pay $1 each to watch a video on how salt is made. The lady that worked there was like, you can't find this video anywhere else! You'll want to know how this salt is made! Was quite a shit start to the tour 

woaw nice salt fields

Then had the bumpiest tuktuk ride of my life to the caves. Legit the roads were all dirt roads and it had just rained so you couldn't really tell how deep the potholes were. We were making so many troi oi's and aiyah sounds our driver started laughing.

Arrived outside the caves and then a tour guide took us up to the entrance. Had to climb so many stairs omfg but the view was so pretty. He took a group photo of us and we expected the view in the bg but lol he got the floor instead

entrance to the caves

 holy shit there was no path to exit the cave and we had to like slide and climb over rocks in the pitch black. if you mistepped you literally could've died?? But our guide was so chill about it and just jumping around in his thongs. I really felt like gollum, sliding in bat shit and almost getting stabbed in the ass by all the stalagmites.

made it out alive then hopped back in the tuktuk for our next stop, some random lake that the Khmer Rouge built artificially back in the day. Stopped there for a little storytime by our tour guide about why they built it etc. 

Then time for the last stop, PEPPER FARM!!! It's a plantation run by a french/belgian couple and they grow mostly pepper but also a shitload of other fruits and veges too. The tour was completely free so idk how they make any money O_O. We did a pepper tasting and literally ate whole peppercorns omfg it was quite disgusting. 

After the pepper farm tour, we found a couple of cow doggos haahha they were so cute and wanted pats.

 wrapped my face in a towel on the tuktuk back so I wouldn't get dust in my lungs and fell asleep for a bit. We got dropped off in the town centre and ended up grabbing some delicious burgers for lunch.

Then went back to hostel and jumped in the pool again!! Played some more volleyball and just had a chill time. 

Then DRANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. The hostel had this leaderboard for the amount of kamikazes each country drank that month. Determined to help Australia finish first, we all ordered one and fuck me dead IT WAS SO DISGUSTING and I felt it about 2 minutes after I had finished the shot. We were like shit.... we better eat. Had a burger for dinz and it came with a free beer too AND THEN ordered another long island. Safe to say I got pretty fucking FUCKED.

 Ended up sitting on our balcony crying for what felt like an hour?? But then had a talk with Stephen and it was also quite depresso. He wasn't drunk tho even though I was a shot away from chundering LMAO. I saw the rave in the distance and really wanted to go to it so Stephen was like lets go!! and we ran towards the lights like fucking moths HAHAHAHAH. When we arrived it was so so so dead like people were just standing around listening to the music and not dancing at all. was hella disappointing.

Then idk what happened but ended up crashing Vivian's call with her boyfriend and like petting a hella random dirty stray cat. We were both pretty drunk so when Vivian said, "LET'S BRING IT UP TO OUR ROOM" I was like YESSSS!!!!! fucking dumb fuck drunk people. Ended up in our room and Yiyi basically screamed at us to take it back downstairs. Then it scratched me on my neck but it was super superficial so I disinfected it with Dettol and prayed in the back of my mind that I wouldn't get rabies yeet.

 I then drunk called Lizzie??? who was having a v nice time at her fam party HAHAHA we were both so drunk had no idea what was going on.

31st

Had a late start to da day. I was feeling really tired and a little depresso so just stayed in the room after breakfast and tried to nap whilst the others went downstairs to chill by the pool. 

this breakfast was so fucking good though

Then we decided to go to the beach party at Kep which is a nearby town about 40 mins away. The gorls had one tuktuk to ourselves and we brought the speakers so just jammed out on the way there. WAS SO RELAXING and idk just really felt those like free travel feels. Cracked open a cold one with the gorls on the tuktuk. The boys had to fit on a little like wooden tow thing on the back of a motorcycle...it was the dodgiest thing ever. 

Got to the beach, drank a lot lot lot more and got hella drunk by 2 pm??? We jumped in the water for a bit but it was kinda murky so we didn't actually swim, just chucked a football around.

Then went to see what we thought was a thotty buddha but was actually just a naked lady statue....

Sat on the sand and did nothin for so long. I made a penis sculpture, Stephen made a little cute turtle but no one got a photo.

Cooked as hell on the tuktuk ride back but we played so many bangers and just sang/danced our hearts out.

then time for some "extra happy pizza"

only had like 3 slices but yo that shit is strong.

We lit some handheld fireworks by the river and then visited the markets again. We went to check out the rave again but it was playing weird traditional music this time. Then ze weed started to kick in LMFAOOOOO I started feeling so so heavy and like couldn't walk properly but it was so good.

this was viv tran walking up the stairs omfg and its playing at normal speed???

drank a shit ton, ran up and down the stairs multiple times to check up on viv. i really odn't remember whta happened but it was a struggle staying awake until new years HAHAHA. When the clock almsot struck 12, we walked up to the rooftop of the hostel. Hugged everyone when the fireworks started cus everyone was off their faces and then Viv and Yiyi started crying about wiesoc??????? SO WEIRD HAHAHAHA i was dying of laughter.

Then we kicked on at a random jungle party full of backpackers. IT FELT SO DIRTY UGHhhh but we had a few more drinks, danced and the suddenly it was like 2:30 am and home time!! 

I was so fucking hungry but there was nothing open except for this dodgy looking food cart and we deliberated on whether to eat or not but the munchies got the better of me and i had to eat it. borrowed some money from white dan and then prayed we wouldn't get diarrhoea. IT WAS SO YUM THO like the meat balls exploded wiht juice when u bit into them.

1st

called parents but they seemed more interested in uploading their new years photos on facebook than talking to me 

had a wholesome brekky at another happy cafe but not extra happy HAHAHAH then bus back to phnom penh. went to yiyi's homestay to finally watch birdbox which was pretty good. THE MEMES R BETTE THO!! then back to our homestay for dinz and sleep. dont' want to fucking go to school tmr.

look at MY CAT OMFG