may was a relatively normal paced month at site- worked a normal number of hours, ate a normal amount of bowls of rice, read a normal amount of books.
but may was also a month where there was a fantastic week smack dab in the middle where we celebrated topher's and three other PCV's birthdays at the beach and we had our last official training before our final one next year!
in may, we utilized the end of a four day weekend to venture to what has been called one of the prettiest beaches in cambodia: koh rong island, off the eastern coast of cambodia.
for the beach, we took a two hour boat ride. the one there was perfectly fine. the one back...happened during a rainstorm. needless to say, we really should have remembered to bring our rain jackets.
koh rong has a variety of available bungalow villa type places.
and we were simply excited to get to the beach!
if you ignore my head, you can see our quaint bungalow we shared with three great friends.
as soon as we arrived, we dove into the warm, crystal clear ocean.
through out the weekend, we spent many hours lounging in the restaurants, playing cards, eating, and drinking delicious things.
we attempted to head via small boat to the other side of the island, said to be one of the top beaches in the world. the winds and waves were against though, so we ended up hiking to a different beach.
it was the bay for a small fishing village, and also had some gorgeous waters.
the bungalow had a decent restaurant, with a great 2 for 1 drink special. yummy pina coladas!
we were very lucky to be celebrating with great friends, and beautiful waters.
in may, we also enjoyed some delicious food and drink at a cafe in phnom penh with our friend.
this particular cafe sells delicious happy hour drinks AND is a bakery. so you know i had a cookie with my drinks!
and i ate dessert first- a mudslide!
this month we also celebrated two years of marriage by going to eat at my favorite restaurant in phnom penh- italian, of course!
in may, we also got to make the BEST pizza ever via a chef boyardee make your own pizza kit sent to our gorgeous friend jill from her family!
without a doubt, one of the best nights in may.
and, as mentioned, we had our last training as a whole group of k5s in mid may, and peace corps was awesome and paid for a glorious two hour boat ride on the mekong for us to celebrate- early- our mid service mark!
we've made such great friends these ten months in the 'bode.
and we've got such pride for our site province! get ready k6s- your training in the BEST province in cambodia!
and what's a great month without a great movie? we saw the avengers- in 3D- and loved it, as it seems most of the world did!
indulge me and share your favorite thing that happened in may?
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