It should be noted that Thailand has the largest billboards we have seen anywhere in the world. Currently many of them pay tribute to their recently deceased king.
This morning’s drive took us into the Khao Yai National Park.
The first walk was to an observation tower where we were hoping to see some animals. .
The tower had views over a watering hole...
At the observation tower we saw a black spot in a tree that was apparently a gibbon. No elephants, deer, gaur, or monkeys.
On the way we saw massive trails of ants, both big ones and little ones,
a few butterflies...
and some flowers.
However, it was really mid-day so none of the interesting animals were out (no wild elephants).
We did see where the elephants had trampled down the tall grass during the night as they crossed the trail.
This morning’s drive took us into the Khao Yai National Park.
The first walk was to an observation tower where we were hoping to see some animals. .
The tower had views over a watering hole...
At the observation tower we saw a black spot in a tree that was apparently a gibbon. No elephants, deer, gaur, or monkeys.
On the way we saw massive trails of ants, both big ones and little ones,
a few butterflies...
and some flowers.
However, it was really mid-day so none of the interesting animals were out (no wild elephants).
We did see where the elephants had trampled down the tall grass during the night as they crossed the trail.
We had
lunch at the canteen near the visitor’s center where we did see some deer and
monkeys.
We then took a walk through the rain forest...
where we saw some really gnarly limbs and roots...
a white gibbon way up in the trees and a small cascade. There were also a lot of very colorful and fascinating mushrooms and fungi all along the walk.
The
biggest event from this walk was that Paul ended up with two leeches. Both had locked on to him through his sock…so
much for leech coverage.
We then took a walk through the rain forest...
where we saw some really gnarly limbs and roots...
a white gibbon way up in the trees and a small cascade. There were also a lot of very colorful and fascinating mushrooms and fungi all along the walk.
We then
drove to a great look-out point high on the mountain top. Unfortunately, we were in the clouds so could
see nothing. So it was off to the Haew
Suwat waterfall (as seen in the movie “The Beach”…which neither of us have
seen). The best views were down at the
bottom (117 stairs). We are in the rainy
season so the water flow was heavy and the falls looked great.
After the
checking into the hotel the staff surprised Paul with a little birthday
cake…for his big seven oh.
This is the third year in a row that he has celebrated his birthday somewhere in Asia.
We were practically the only guests in the hotel. The hotel was very pretty with a western feel to it.
And...only in Asia...a "No Durian" sign. Durian is a popular fruit in Asia that smells particularly awful...likened to old gym socks or rotten meat.
This is the third year in a row that he has celebrated his birthday somewhere in Asia.
We were practically the only guests in the hotel. The hotel was very pretty with a western feel to it.
And...only in Asia...a "No Durian" sign. Durian is a popular fruit in Asia that smells particularly awful...likened to old gym socks or rotten meat.
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