Khao Yai...

Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls
Originally uploaded by Shaggy Z.

We have tomorrow (Monday) off for the King's birthday so yesterday I went to Khao Yai National Park, which is apparently a world heritage site. Left at about 6:30 in the morning with Heidi, Lindsay, Carmen, Colleen, Melisa, and Colleen. So us 6 that originally left Edmonton International Airport plus Heidi (kindergarten teacher from Virgin Islands). Took a taxi to the Mo Chit bus station and then about a 3 hour bus ride to a city near the park. After lunch we took a Songthaew to the park. It was a 20 min ride or so and pretty crowded cause they back as many people as they can fit into it. On it we met about 6 or so farang teachers from a few different schools. Once we got into the park we hired a Songthaew for the day. The park is like 50 km long so it takes awhile to go from end to end. At the first stop we hiked down a trail for awhile and crossed a few wooden cable bridge thingys. Went further down the rode and then hiked down a trail to a pretty nice waterfall. Near the end of the trail was a very steep staircase which was almost vertical and pretty fun to go down and up. All in all it was a pretty fun time. Melisa, Karen, and Carmen stayed the night but the rest of us headed home at about 7 and got back maybe 9:30. If I ever were to go back to Khao Yai I would probably rent a scooter and drive myself around instead of riding around in the back of a pickup truck. But it was fun times with the 7 of us hanging out.