My Favorite Memories from Cat Tien (:

Cat Tien was an incredibly great place to visit, to learn, to spend time at and to experience many different things. In just four short days, I have had a few unforgettable memories.

My first superb memory is when AIS students and teachers played a new kind of volleyball at Cat Tien. It was introduced by Mr. Tim and we students had never participated in this game before. At first, we struggled a bit because we were new to the rules. As time went by, all of us played like professional athletes. It was dreadfully enjoyable to experience an exciting sport and I hoped we could play this new type of volleyball everyday at school. Mr. Tim just simply made me fall in love with this sport.

Now my second memory will be spilled. It was the time we got to go to the Crocodile Lake and spent one and a half hour to arrive there. It was awfully tiring because it was an exact ten-kilometer hike. But when we needed to go back to our hotel, it only took forty-six minutes for me and five of my friends to make an achievement. We walked, sighed, jumped and jogged. It felt like we had been in the dark for a whole week and finally got to see the daylight. It was extremely exciting for us when we saw the road that would lead us to our hotel. We screamed so hard that it almost took our breath away. We also got some photos taken and those photos are to be kept as a great memory.

Last but not least, the most remarkable memory that I would never ever forget. I could still feel the warmth from the fire, the marvelous smell from roasted marshmallows, and the noise of girls playing jump rope. Those nights around the campfire, AIS students, teachers, guards, staffs gathered around like the coolest extended family anybody had ever seen. We chilled, we gossiped, we played sports, we took tons and tons of photos, we roasted marshmallows, we danced, we sang, we did all kind of joyful things like there was no tomorrow. It was the greatest of the greatest trip anyone could go to.

When the trip ended and everybody got home, they instantly missed Cat Tien so much that they had to update their statuses each five minutes. After visiting Cat Tien, I had learned a lot about the animals, the environment, huge trees, and had also experienced a new sport. It would be great if each person had a chance to visit Cat Tien once in their life because they would just experience many different things like I had. Also, I would want to pinky promise that I would cherish all the moments I had with AIS at Cat Tien for eternity.