We were headed to Khao Yai National Park for 2 nights and 3 days, I wasn’t really excited about going as the English camps I had been on with the school before, hadn’t been the best.
I was excited about seeing Khao Yai as I had read many good things about it. The foreign teachers plus one Chinese and Thai teacher were lucky enough to have a private van, it is the newest addition to Assumption’s fleet. But still travelling 7 hours or so I wasn’t looking forward to.
The van was uncomfortable; the seats in the back made you feel like you were constantly sliding off them. But there were a few stops on the way to stretch the legs, have a feed so it wasn’t so bad.
We arrived at the entrance to Khao Yai and then disembarked our van and the 50 students got off their party bus that was pumping out music so loud I would have gone ballistic if I was on the bus, that is why we had a separate bus.
We jumped onto small pick-up trucks and were ferried up the mountain to our accommodation. Khao Yai is beautiful, really beautiful and it is so refreshing to see a place in Thailand being looked after so well.
Below are some pictures from the back of the pick-up truck.
Road in khao Yai
It was damp and cool travelling by open truck.
Monkeys on the road.
This is where we were sleeping for the next two nights.
It was so nice to have such fresh, crisp air. It was cool and the place made you feel relaxed, until 50 kids got out of their pick-ups.
I will blog more on the camp and upload more pictures in the next few days. But at the moment I am just enjoying holidays and having no students, no lessons and being able to relax for the next two weeks.
Brunty
3 comments:
the 50 students got off their party bus that was pumping out music so loud I would have gone ballistic if I was on the bus
sounds like they're training them to be Thai from early on. lol
Khao Yai is an amazing part of Thailand. I have been there many times. Glad you got to see it, as it is a true gem.
MJ, they train them before they can walk :)
We stopped at a service station and I could hear the thumping of the base and hear the music before the doors opened.
When they opened the doors it was pretty well insane, just so over the top.
Anon, Khao Yai is really beautiful and I want to go back and just photograph everything I can.
It would be really good to go on a trek with a ranger for a few nights and something I am going to look into for next year.
Thanks for dropping by guys.
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