It's not enough to bash in heads, you have to bash in minds
After the gibbon sanctuary we visited Phacharoen Waterfall. This is an amazing step waterfall made up of over 90 smaller water falls. This is the best water fall we have seen in Thailand, although in a few days we will head to Um Phang where we will gaze upon Thailand's largest and supposedly most beautiful... Continue Reading →
NONE! These are Gibbons, which are apes NOT monkeys. The Gibbon sanctuary is about 40 KMs from Mae Sot and houses Gibbons which have been rescued from captivity and can not be returned to the wild (many of them have amputated limbs). The sounds they make are incredibly loud. whoop! whoop! whoop! over and over... Continue Reading →
I expected Mae Sot to be a small border town, but it is actually a city about the size of Chiang Mai. It is not the most exiting place in Thailand, but the Municipal market is quite interesting. It is an assault on your senses (especially your sense of smell) as you see all sorts... Continue Reading →
Warning gruesome pictures below! Squeamish people and vegetarians should probably skip this post The last night on our trek Adul (our guide) bought a pig for dinner. We watched (by choice) how they slaughtered the pig, and how they butchered the meat and the organs to make some delicious food. This pig died of natural... Continue Reading →
We made it! Our 4 days in the jungle were quite an experience, but we survived to tell the tale. After a short ride in the back of a pickup truck we arrived at Mae Sam Lam, a small Town on the Salween river, from there we took a 3 hour boat ride deep into... Continue Reading →
We made it back from our jungle adventure in one piece. I have lots of stories and pics to share, but no time to tell them, maybe tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning we go on a 4 day trek into the jungles on the boarder between Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). Our Guide from the Karen hill tribe, and has many Friends in the KNU (the Karen Army... they are fighting for an independent state in Myanmar) so we may get to visit some of their... Continue Reading →
It's all I can think of. Today we went to Tham Keaw Komol (Calcite Cave), and while the formations were astounding, and better than anything else I have seen so far (the number 2 cave in asia I have been told... must find number 1) there was no sense of adventure, no challenges to overcome,... Continue Reading →
We are now in Mae Sariang... it is a small town and there ain't to much to do. We plan on going on a 3 or 4 day trek from here, and maybe do some camping in a nearby national park. that's it... for now... maybe
It seems I am addicted to caving. We went to Two caves near the Town of Ban Mae La Na: Coral Cave and Diamond Cave. We got a guide at the village, and she lead us through the fairly long caves. We originally wanted to go to the Mae La Na cave which is about... Continue Reading →
The Mae Hong Son winter festival had all the usual Thai festival fair, but the coolest thing about it was the hundreds of lantern that light us the sky. These lanterns rise into the night sky by the hundreds... some of them even have fireworks attached to them.
After Tham Pla we headed for the Myanmar border, to a town called Mae Aw. This Town is full of old Chinese KMT fighters who settled here a few years back. A small dirt road lead us from the town to the Myanmar boarder, where a lone Thai guard stood watch... half asleep The border... Continue Reading →
A few day ago we rented motorbikes and went to Tham Pla (fish cave... sounds Klingon doesn't it?), although it really is not much of a cave, but there are 1 meter long fish that you can feed! But what kind of fish are they? oh i see that makes everything perfectly clear... that's almost... Continue Reading →
We are now in Mae Hong Son (the capital of Mae Hong Son province). It is a small town, and there isn't much to see or do so we should be on our way to Mae Sariang in a few days.
On our last day in Ban Tham Lod we went to a cave to see some cave specialized fish. There are two endemic species of cave fish in the area, one that lives in this cave, and one that lives in cave waterfalls (or at least attached to the rocks in cave waterfalls) in a... Continue Reading →
We went to the Sappong winter festival a few nights ago. Ferris wheels are always fun right? maybe not when the cages seats are designed for small Thai children, not full grown farang the highlight of the fair was the Muay Thai (Thai kick boxing)
While staying at the cave Lodge we did a whitewater kayaking trip down the Khong and Pai rivers. it was great fun and I only tipped twice. The first time happened because I decided to find the biggest waves in the rapid... they were a little too big for me. The second time everyone tipped... Continue Reading →
Tham Lod is a huge through cave with a river flowing through it. you can get a guide and rend a bamboo raft for about 400 baht. The tour lasts about 1.5 hours, and the guide is there mainly to make sure you don't get lost (and to provide light). he will occasionally say things... Continue Reading →
This cool cave got its name because it was discovered on Xmas many years ago. Breanne carefully making her way down (she doesn't look happy) This cave has some awesome formations and a bat! check out the rest of the pics:
For our fist adventure in this region we decided to summit the big knob (a large hollow limestone outcropping). Thankfully there is a 'trail' up the back and it is only a light scramble to the top. The view from the top is amazing (I can see my house from here), but it sure is... Continue Reading →
We spent the last while in a region of Thailand called Pangmapha which is famous for its hundreds of caves. We stayed in a village called Ban Tham Lod, which gets its name from Tham Lod (through cave) which is a massive cave that bisects a mountain. We stayed at a place called Cave Lodge... Continue Reading →
A few days ago I realized that things are not always what they seem. When trying to figure out what kind of meat I was about to eat, some Thais would go "Moo" which I understood meant cow. Well as it turns out 'Moo" is the Thai word for pig, so all that beef I... Continue Reading →
Our time in Pai has come to an end. Tomorrow we are heading off to the Lod Cave (which has a large bat population inside!). Not sure how long we will stay there. Some of the highlights include the best tasting kabobs ever and steaming hot springs Here are the rest of the pics:
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