Friday, December 29, 2006
Thailand Day 3 - Island Safari
Got up early today to go on our Island Safari!
We had to say bye to Taam and Delphine leave this afternoon for their Live aboard scuba trip...we'll see them again at phuket airport to return to Bangkok.
The bus ride to the Khao Sak national park was long (2.5 hrs)...was getting bus-sick..luckily they stopped at some cool spot for a good break. The scenery started getting very rural and rustic..as we neared the park and climbed up some mountains. (the roads are well maintained by the way...).
When we arrived at the park..our guides cooked us a great thai meal....i couldnt get enough of some noodles i dont know the name off.
We started off with an elephant trek...this was bananas fun! The elephants are rescued from hard logging labor...and now spend their lives shlepping humans around the jungle...which is a much better life than they had before. We gotta little education about the jungle and elephant conservation activities....what was cool was the little village that the trainers/handlers/guides lived in...we saw a goat tied to a tree... I joked with gail that his name was "dinner".
Gail and I were little kid giddy...and the jungle trek was amazing...the elephants are suprisingly quiet as they make their way through the jungle...only making noise when they "talk" or snap off a snack along the way. Gail was being very immature and tried to take pictures of one of the elphant's dick....it was by all expectations...huge-normous. The views along the trail were amazing....
The next part of the safari was a canoe excursion. I was little disappointed that only the guides were rowing...but then i guess its probably not smart to let a city slicker paddle their way through the jungle. We saw a few mangrove? i think they are called...snakes on trees overhanging the river. My immature moment came when i prenteded to try and shake one of the snakes down by pulling on the vines...to get a scare out of gail....everyone was laughing....but i would have been such the asshole if the poisonous snake actually fell down into someones canoe. I felt like i was in some discovery channel documentary...we stopped midway on the side of the river for a coffee and snack break.
The bus trip home was a whole nother adventure. We decided to sit up front ..to get less bus-sick....then I decide to look down and realize that the bus driver's dashboard gauges all dont work! Homie didnt even know how fast...or how much gas the bus had. and im sure youve all heard about driving tactics in thailand...I had so many shit my pants moments...as we careened down the mountain....not paying attention to the divider...i felt like we were blowing down the folks all balanced on scooters on the side of the road. maybe ignorance is bliss...shoulda just closed my eyes....
were gonna crash out...pooped from our safari...
We had to say bye to Taam and Delphine leave this afternoon for their Live aboard scuba trip...we'll see them again at phuket airport to return to Bangkok.
The bus ride to the Khao Sak national park was long (2.5 hrs)...was getting bus-sick..luckily they stopped at some cool spot for a good break. The scenery started getting very rural and rustic..as we neared the park and climbed up some mountains. (the roads are well maintained by the way...).
When we arrived at the park..our guides cooked us a great thai meal....i couldnt get enough of some noodles i dont know the name off.
We started off with an elephant trek...this was bananas fun! The elephants are rescued from hard logging labor...and now spend their lives shlepping humans around the jungle...which is a much better life than they had before. We gotta little education about the jungle and elephant conservation activities....what was cool was the little village that the trainers/handlers/guides lived in...we saw a goat tied to a tree... I joked with gail that his name was "dinner".
Gail and I were little kid giddy...and the jungle trek was amazing...the elephants are suprisingly quiet as they make their way through the jungle...only making noise when they "talk" or snap off a snack along the way. Gail was being very immature and tried to take pictures of one of the elphant's dick....it was by all expectations...huge-normous. The views along the trail were amazing....
The next part of the safari was a canoe excursion. I was little disappointed that only the guides were rowing...but then i guess its probably not smart to let a city slicker paddle their way through the jungle. We saw a few mangrove? i think they are called...snakes on trees overhanging the river. My immature moment came when i prenteded to try and shake one of the snakes down by pulling on the vines...to get a scare out of gail....everyone was laughing....but i would have been such the asshole if the poisonous snake actually fell down into someones canoe. I felt like i was in some discovery channel documentary...we stopped midway on the side of the river for a coffee and snack break.
The bus trip home was a whole nother adventure. We decided to sit up front ..to get less bus-sick....then I decide to look down and realize that the bus driver's dashboard gauges all dont work! Homie didnt even know how fast...or how much gas the bus had. and im sure youve all heard about driving tactics in thailand...I had so many shit my pants moments...as we careened down the mountain....not paying attention to the divider...i felt like we were blowing down the folks all balanced on scooters on the side of the road. maybe ignorance is bliss...shoulda just closed my eyes....
were gonna crash out...pooped from our safari...
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