Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Walk - One of the Best Cat Tien Memories ♥

 Clutching the bottom of my seat, I let the wind blow through my hair. As the speedy safari bus maneuvered through the forest, small branches pricked the skin on my forearm. The breeze drowned out the laughter of the friends around me, and I focused on avoiding the bigger branches from whacking my head.

With Darlene near the big tree :]
  When the bus stopped, I quickly hopped down, creating a small patch of dust around my ankles. It pinched my skin as I followed the crowd into a rocky pathway inside the cool forest. Twigs crunched under my shoes and a variety of leaves tickled my calf during the walk to Crocodile Lake. Beads of sweat condensed on the back of my neck and on the inside of my shirt, making it stick to my damp skin. The neon yellow sun sent rays through the spaces in the elephantine trees, causing whatever wrinkles I had on my face to appear.

Best Friends ♥
Familiar voices started to spill into my ears, and right then I was participating into whatever conversation my friends had to gossip about. It was like that for the whole journey; loud singing awakening the nocturnal wildlife sleeping in the forest. Adrenaline rose within my body, carrying my feet faster into the woods, waiting to see what we came for. Surely the five-kilometer walk there had to be worth it.

Best Friends in style ♥
 Disappointment was written all over my face when we reached our destination, realizing that there were no crocodiles to examine. All the hope that was in my body broke loose, and I was ready to drag my feet back to my lodge room as fast as I could. Anything to get out of the displeasure I was in. If the crocodiles could write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day, I bet they would win numerous awards.

THE best Americans alive ♥
  Despite the walk, it was still a great trip. All the pictures we took were memories being captured. And the thing I've learnt out of this experience is that every moment is a memory in the making, so why not make the best of what we've got. Even if it's just a cheap lodge room with spiders and frogs [:

ViVi: I'm gona go suicide in the pond kay?
Kris: no one cares :)
   But there were so much more indescribable memories I had in Cat Tien; the late-night laughs with Kristine & Darlene, the blasting of music out of my speakers in our block, the private times talking around the campfire, the visible stars illuminating the sky at night, the peaceful walks from this room to that... Every single moment of it was unforgettable. If I were to retell the whole experience, I would've done it without hesitation (:
Just smile through it all ♥