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 …
This morning we said good bye to Chiang Mai and headed to the airport for our flight to Surat Thani, a two hour flight into central Thailand. A driver met us at the airport in Surat Thani and we drove about an hour and a half to our accommodation in Khao Sok National Park. The weather was overcast and the landscape is green with round top mountains, lush with …
Read moreDay 7- Khao Sok- our little treehouse in the jungle
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 …
Read moreDay 6- Chiang Mai- Dawn with the Priests and Night with the Lady Boys