This morning we were in a bit of a hurry to catch a bus to Yok Don National park for our first treck, but that didn't stop us from having breakfast in a little resterant down the street from our hotel.
The bus ride to Yok Don took an hour. The whole time we were talking and joking, so it only felt like ten minutes had passed when we arrived.
We were first briefed on where we would be walking and on the National Park itself.
Yok Don is actually home to some minority tribal groups which still live out in the rainforests hunting for food and keeping away from civilisation.
We walked 8-10km and it hot and humid! The terrain was flat but most of the time we were walking through mud and by the end of the day, our shoes and pants were filthy.
We had luch just before we arrived at the camp. Sticky rice wrapped in bamboo with pork kababs and fruit.
The hut we stayed in has one room and was above ground.
We went for a swim in a river which was nice and cold after a hot day of walking and dinner was made for us once we had set up our beds. It was like a feast!
Plates of chicken, pork, fish, rice, bamboo shoots, and different veggies were set out on a tarp which we sat around.
That night, we sat under our mozzie nets and laughed at the jokes Jye kept coming up with until our leader came up at which point we all decided it was a good time to fall asleep.
Written by Demi!
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