After breakfast we left our treehouse and our driver drove for about 1 1/2 hours to the lake. We picked up our lake guide, Yu, along the way. At the lake we boarded a long tail boat to take us to the rafthouse. The name long tail comes from the long propeller shaft that can be over 10 feet that stretches from the motor mounted on the deck at …
The jungle sounds never stop. We slept well and had breakfast at the restaurant overlooking the limestone cliff and river. The guide drove us to another area where we started a private guided canoe tour down the river. We quickly spotted a troupe of long tailed Macaque monkeys. They were as curious about us as we were of them. They hung in the branches over our heads, so close …
We are currently in the Chiang Mai airport waiting for our flight to Surat Thani. We found out more about the late King. At his death on October 13, 2016 he was the longest reigning monarch in the world (70 years). Queen Elizabeth is second at 65 years. He worked nonstop to make life better for the Thai people and created many programs including one that changed opium growing fields …
We rose at 4:30am. Our hostess had given us our breakfast the night before so all we had to do was heat it in the lobby’s microwave. We were picked up at 5:00am by Sipohn from www.untouchedthailand.com and drove for about 40 minutes up a mountain. As we drove we could see the lights of Chiang Mai far below us. All was still dark when we arrived. We then …
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