Going South, in Thailand

We took the night train to Koh Sok National Park in the South, it was pretty good if you didn't mind cockroaches (which i don't) or if you don't enjoy sleeping.

Then a bus trip to the hotel


Nah, it was all good and any problems were made up by the fact that Koh Sok is beautiful. Our hotel/cabins were situated next to a big river and was shadowed by a giant limestone mountain (karst) which are typical of the area.

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP

On the walk from my cabin to the bar i saw a group of 10 monkeys swing in the trees.

Oh i shouldn't forget to mention that i have seen more geckos here than ever and i love it. The clever little things hang out in lamp shades and eat the moths.

From 8-25-2008 - Koh Sok NP

That night we went to the local bar and we happened to meet the members from my previous trip up North. We all got sufficiently drunk and probably patted the bar's puppy dog a lot more than was necessary (it was super cute though).

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP

The next morning we all slept in then got up and went for a swim. I love being able to get out of bed and into a river, it's something i will rarely get to do in Britain i think. We all left for the national park and walked for about an hour only to find that the waterfall we hopped to swim in was just a few rapids. We hopped in anyway and i now have a few bruises to prove that fast flowing water is very difficult to swim in.

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP

We headed back in monsoon rain and were greeted at our hotel by a group of about 20 monkeys that were swimming and climbing trees around the river.

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP

 We hopped in with them and watched them do a combination of eating, playing and **cough**, well you can probably guess what monkeys get up to. Best part of the swim was a snake happily swimming past my face. I think it was the same one i saw on the trek, so it was venomous. It wasn't fussed though and was more concerned with getting out of the water.

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP

From 8-26-2008 - Koh Sok NP