Jungle trip

Khao Sok was absolutely amazing!!!!

We took the night train... it was interesting to say the least. We had an adventure getting to our adventure in the jungle. Good adventure!

Khoa Sok is a must if you come to Thailand! We first spent the night at Art's Jungle Treehouse on the river. We stayed in a Treehouse! where macaque monkeys came down from the hills, crossed the river and actually broke into our neighbors house! Hee, hee! Food was incredible! We now can say we've had spicy Thai food.

While at Art's, we went on an elephant ride. Yes, elephant ride! Our little girl was hillarious. She had spunk! They were treated well, no scars or cuts, and each had their own handler, and the best part was that the elephants spoke Thai! Our little one wanted to cool down a bit while we were crossing a river and she almost sprayed us in the process!

From there we took a longtail boat to a floating bungalow on the Chiaw Lam (sp?) Lake. Lik, our boat driver and Aah, our guide, were sweet and made the experience! Lik, a small young man, always! was up to no good... and Aah spoke perfect English and knew the place well! We saw Gibbons, langurs (monkeys) and more monkeys, as well as Hornbills, egrets, kingfishers and sea hawks. We swam in the lake and literally slept on it! Our bungalow was floating on bamboo in about 40 meters of water! The village spanned between two small islands. Wow! We miss it already... but wait, we're in white sandy beach paradise.... more on that in following post!

We also met up with some traveling Scots...