Khao Sok

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From the beaches to the rainforest, our next stop was the Khoa Sok National Park, created by the damming of a large lake somewhere nearby. This is our first visit to a Thai jungle and we were expecting to see tigers, elephants and enormous flowers that smell of dead meat. What we actually managed to see were lots of very big spiders, a sloth, some gibbons and the eyes of a Civet cat (alledgedly, as it could just have been a cat). We did go on our first jungle trek which wasn't hugely strenuous but good fun. A bumpy ride in the back of a pickup, then a boat ride before we walked through the jungle and had to swim through a couple of caves. We had lunch at a remote and very basic floating resort in the park (which was gearing up for the busy weekend nights of karoake) and swam in the warm lake. Unfortunately the beds in our National park 'bungalow' were even harder than the ones in Khao Lak ( hard as in rock ) and began to give me sleepless nights as well, which added to the chronic moaning from Nick "Are you sure I haven't got Decompression Sickness" Bullock meant it was time to move on to softer beds (and perhaps a flushing lav and hot shower). So off we went now confident in our new found bus catching abilities to up the luxury stakes and get an air conditioned one to Surat Thani. This we managed although as safety restrictions aren't available in Thailand we had to stand for two hours in a luxury packed bus AND someone stole my (not recently washed) beach towel.

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Photos

Tarzan
The Emily Bronte "Tarzan - Adaptation"

Swimming in warm jungle lakes
(The best way to get back in touch with your fingers)

Why did the lion get lost ?
( Coz jungle is massive )

Comments

[Dave]

No Sloths in the Old World
Sorry me lady, but you saw a Slow Loris, not a sloth. Sloths are only found in the old world. A lot of local guides don't have any idea when it comes to proper animal names. I'm guessing that a tourist once told whomever told you that it was a sloth, that it was a sloth. Sloths, Armadillos and Ant-Eaters are in the same order 'Edentata', which means “without teeth.” Ciao, Dave Phuket, Thailand

[michael]

information
hello its looks really nice.where do u booked that rafting bungalows?u did a tour? and how much nights stayed there...