Whisky Thailand

Our first site.
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Thailand's largest National Park.  Camped here for four nights and five days.  Quick Highlights:

Meeting M and playing cards. Eating nothing but rice for four days b/c there is no food in the park.  Park Randers do nothing but play cards and drink Whisky, daily.  Sea of Fog.  Another small waterfall.  Hitching in some hysterical modes of transport.  Roads that shouldn't really be rodes. Mr.Gai and his INCREDIBLE headlamp.  Being offered meals by every thai in the campground.  Riding in pick-ups with about ten other people stuffed in.

riding with some park rangers.
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Hiking with M up to this lodge that we had visited earlier in the day... had no idea what this beautiful building was, but M would soon share with us that it is the "Home uh dah King."  We couldn't figure out why M would not allow us to use flashlights on this hike through an area with tigers, bears and leopards.  M kept shushing us at points.  Weird.  Then we get to our destination and find out that we are at the vacation home of the king.  Prison, anyone?  Not me.  It was quite reassuring knowing that we were witha  park ranger that kept repeating, "is okay... you with M... M is mao."  Drunk.

after being stared at for weeks... chris decided it was time to stand and watch right back.
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Made it out safely.  Hitched out way up to Phetchaburri where we would catch a train back to Bangkok.