The Cardaman jungle, Koh Kong, Cambodia

The 8 of us set off, Glen and I, a lovely couple from Belgium and our 4 Khmer guides/drivers Sam, Pan, Map and Ot. The motorbikes were great fun and perfect for the 'óff roading' despite that our faces, clothes and eyes got full of red sand. After a couple of hours we left the bikes and headed into the jungle on foot, walking was difficult as so many vines caught our feet and tripped us up. We got to a beautiful waterfall where we saw monkeys running through the water then swam in a warm lake which washed away all the sand. We trekked for another 4 hours taking in the breathtaking scenery and climbing over and under tress and wading through rivers. We saw several gigantic bugs, a snake and crocodile eggs - no tigers, but some footprints!!
Our camp was spectacular 8 hammocks, 2 fires and a few washing lines to dry our drenched clothes. It was right on the edge of the river so we the relaxing sound of running water.
After dinner cooked on the open fire we went for a night walk, it was pitch black apart from our head torches which attracted all kinds of flying bugs. Walking was harder than in the daylight and the wildlife seemed allot noisier. High up in the trees we saw monkeys, there bright yellow eyes looking down on us like burning stars while they screeched to each other.
When we got back to the camp we realised we had been attacked by leaches - there was blood everywhere, in our socks and shoes and our trousers, we had to burn them off. we couldn't stop laughing, it didn't hurt at all but there was so much blood due to there anti-clotting ability.
Once we had debugged we climbed into our hammocks and slept listening to the sounds of the wildlife at night.
As the sun came up we detangled the fish from the nets and cooked them for breakfast, they were so delicious then we made our way out of the forest, some time and a few more leach attacks later we were back on the bikes. We went to a huge waterfall where we jumped off the rocks into deep pools of water and backed in the sun before saying goodbye to our new friends - a fab trip.