Michael and I traveled to Thailand as part of our 2007 career break. The following is an excerpt from our travel blog.
[singlepic=607,200,,,right]Of course our stop wasn’t just about the tsunami – we also managed to squeeze in some trips. On one of these trips we visited Khao Sok National Park. Known for its great jungle treks, we decided to let the elephants do all the work on this particular trek. Lumbering along from atop our ride, we were taken along a beautiful hike to a waterfall, where we would stop for a “rest” and the elephants would get a bath.
After meandering back, we got to reward our ride with a “tip” – bananas. We followed suit and had lunch at one of the parks lodges, which consisted of tree top bungalows. Then a canoe trip down the jungle river, passing large limestone karsts that are believed to have been part of a reef system spanning from China to Borneo – five times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.