A Trip to Kompot

After the stressful three-week period of lessons review and final examination, the trip with classmates at RULE that I’d been longing for finally approached. This has been a class of strangers although we’ve studied together for three years. In fact, this trip was intended to strengthen the relationship of the people in this class; it is to make us closer and to know each other more. Sadly, this intention failed—only 9 out of 64 members of A3B1 joined the trip. Luckily, the trip was still successful with the composition of various groups from different universities.

This was a trip to Kompot—Nataya Resort and Teuk Chhu—and was organized by Malay, our class monitor. Through invitation of our friends from high school and other universities, there were 31 participants. Malay and her cousins were the main organizers. We gathered in front of RULE at 6:00 and left Phnom Penh at 6:30am, and then we arrived at Nataya Resort at around 11:30 where we stopped over to take some pictures. After that we continued to Teuk Chhu and had lunch there. The weather was not very good since it rained slightly on the way and especially when we prepared the BBQ.

The food was delicious; we should be thankful to Mina, Malay’s cousin, who prepared all of it by himself. I was quite full and very enjoying. Some of us went into the water, but I didn’t. We stayed until 3:30pm and started our journey back home.

If asking me how I felt about this trip, I would say that it was a real unforgettable experience since it’s the first time I have travelled far from Phnom Penh with my friends. However, I didn’t feel very happy because we spent too much time on the bus where I felt very bored and uneasy.