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Location Date Krabi Noi 1378508400 Phanom District 
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I går ankom jeg så til Khao Sok, som er helt fantastisk! Men turen her hen var nu også lidt af en oplevelse.
Jeg havde købt bus og båd hele vejen fra mit hostel til Khao Sok, i det område hvor alle resorts er. Så jeg blev kørt hen til en bus, som vi tog færgen med, sådan en rigtig gammel færge, og derefter kørte til Surat Thani. Her skulle vi hen til det bureau som vi havde booket turen med. Her sad vi så og ventede. Det skal lige siges, at det var en eller anden lokal restaurant lign. ting? Men en af disse medarbejdere spurgte så ind til om jeg havde et sted at overnatte, hvilket jeg ikke havde. Så han kom fortalte at jeg kunne sove i jungle huts og så blev jeg hentet ved hovedvejen, hvor den store bus ville smide os af. Ifølge lonely planet skulle der kun være 2 km fra hovedvejen til indgangen af parken, og at der ville ligge resorsts eller hvad der ligner hele vejen op af vejen. Hans historie var lidt en anden, der var 15 km og jeg var nødt til at tage en taxa som ville koste 150 baht. Så kan foreslog igen at jeg kunne bestille en nat ved det sted, og så blive hentet gratis. Jeg havde imellem tiden snakket med et par, som havde overnattet det sted, jeg er lige nu: Baan Khao Sok Resort. De sagde det var rigtig godt. Jeg tænkte, jeg ville tjekke det ud, og ellers ville jeg bare finde noget andet. Så takkede nej, til manden, der efterhånden prøvede at presse mig til at bestille en nat. Og når det sker, så vil jeg kun prøve at undgå det endnu mere. Så han blev ret sur på mig, og sagde så ville bussen bare smide mig af og så kunne jeg bare betale for den taxa, hvilket passede mig fint. Taxa'en fik jeg ikke brug for, for jeg ville bare gå (hvilket virker til at være lidt ualmindelig for thailænderne?). Han gjorde mig dog alligevel lidt urolig. Så jeg gik ind på MapsWithMe Pro, som er offline map (man kan hente for alle de lande man vil), og kiggede på området. Rigtig nok, som Lonely Planet skriver, så kunne jeg se, at der ikke var mere end 2 km til park indgangen og at der lå resorts/guesthouses hele vejen op langs vejen dertil. Så mange tak for app'en Jan. Så havde du ret i at det ville være praktisk! Men derfra gik turen uden problemer og jeg ankom til resortet, hvor jeg betalte for et træhus, som vist på billedet!.
Khao Sok oplevelser:
Stedet her er fantastisk! Det er en familie som har stedet, og de er simpelt hen så venlige og hjælpsomme. Den første aften, da jeg skulle have noget at spise på deres restaurant, var jeg den eneste. Så mens de ordnede vaske tøj, børnene legede rundt omkring, fik jeg noget mad, og det var simpelthen så hjemmeligt og hyggeligt!.
I dag tog jeg på en udflugt til søen. Nu kan jeg selvfølgelig ikke huske navnet, men det er den kæmpe store en vist på kortet! Så en times bådtur hen til nogle små hytter på vandet. Her fik vi rigtig lækker thai frokost. Vi badede i søen (også jeg som ikke havde taget badetøj med, hov) og sejlede i kajak. Derefter gik turen til en grotte, som vi desværre ikke kunne gå hele vejen igennem, da vandet står for højt lige for tiden. Men turen gennem regnskoven ( tror den bliver beskrevet som en evergreen rainforest, hvad end det betyder :D ) var ret sjov. Med mudder op til anklerne, vand op til livet igennem floden og op til brystet i grotten var det et sandt eventyr! Smuk natur, flod med små vandfald, utrolig mange flotte sommerfugle og meget meget mere. Hvis jeg havde tid, ville jeg have taget en overnatning i de små hytter på søen og vandret lidt mere i skoven. Men det må blive en anden gang. Nu er jeg ved at være ret træt ovenpå denne dag. Skal videre til Krabi i morgen tidlig, så håber jeg kan falde søvn i dag! Det tog mig to timer at falde i søvn igår aftes. Lydene, varmen og det faktum at jeg ikke var træt, har helt sikkert noget med sagen at gøre. Men nu er det senere på aften, så det er køligere. Men tidligt i seng er det da, og sådan er det vel ude i Junglen, hvor der ikke er så meget at lave, når det er blevet mørkt, og det gør det inden kl. 19.
Det skal også lige siges, at der ikke var wifi igår, så kunne ikke opdatere bloggen og lave alt det andet, man nu kan få tiden til at gå med på nettet. Ja jeg ved godt, at det burde jeg lade være med, MEN det er nu meget rart. Særligt når man er på egne ben!
Og ja der er wifi, rigtig godt tv-signal og alt det andet, man har brug for i det 21 århundrede.
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Mor Udflugten og stedet I det hele lyder da rigtig spændende. Glæder mig til at se nogle fotos :) Jeg er lige på vej i seng, så jeg oversætter dine blogs i morgen :)
The translator ;) Beautiful Kaho Sok! ……………………..Yesterday I arrived at Khao Sok, which is absolutely fantastic!........................... I had paid for the bus and ferry from my hostel to Khao Sok, in the area where the most resorts are. I was driven to a bus, which also went on the ferry, a really old ferry, and after that drove to Surat Thani. When we got there we had to check in with the agency that we had bought the trip at. We had to wait here. I have to say it was some kind of local restaurant?! But one of the workers asked if I had booked a place to sleep that night. I said I hadn’t so he told me I could sleep in a jungle hut, and that I would be picked up from the main street, when we had been dropped off the bus. According to Lonely Planet it should be 2km from the road to the start of thenational park and that the resorts would be all the way down that road. His story was different – he said it was 15km and I would have to take a taxi that would cost 150 baht. He suggested I booked a night and I could be picked up free of charge. In the mean time I had spoken to a couple who had stayed overnight at the place I am now: Baan Khao Sok Resort. They said it was really good. I thought I would check it out, or find something else, so I said no thanks to the man who was starting to get rather pushy. When that happens I get stubborn so no way was I going to take his offer. He got rather angry with me and said that I would get kicked off the bus and then I could pay my own way, which suited me fine…………………………... I didn’t need the taxi – I would just walk (which seems to be rather unusual for the locals?) He had worried me a little bit though so I opened my MapsWithMe Pro app which is an offline map that uses GPS only (you can download it for any country) and had a look at the area. Right enough, as Lonely Planet had written, there was no more than 2km to the start of the park and there were resorts/guesthouses all the way along that road. So thanks a lot for the app Jan – you were right – it is very useful. From then the trip went smoothly and I arrived at the resort without further problems, where I paid for a treehouse that you can see on the picture! ……………………………………………………………. Experiences at Khao Sok :………………………………. This place is amazing! Its owned by a family and they are just so friendly and helpful! The first evening, when I was eating at the restaurant, I was the only guest. So I ate whilst they sorted laundry and the children were playing nearby – it was so homely and cosy! ……………………………………… Today I went on a trip to the lake. Now I can’t remember the name of it, but it’s a really big lake shown on the map! It took about an hour by boat to reach some small huts on the water. We had a really delicious Thai lunch there. We bathed in the lake and went canoeing. But the trip through the rain forest (think it was described as an evergreen rain forest) was really good fun. With mud up to the ankles and water to the waist through the river and up to the chest in the grotto it was a real adventure! Beautiful nature, rivers with small waterfalls, loads of really beautiful butterflies and much much more. …………………………………. If I had had time I would have booked a night in one of the small huts on the lake and trekked a little more in the forest, but that will have to wait until another time. I’m really tired after today. Am moving on to Krabi tomorrow morning so I hope I can fall asleep tonight. It took me a few hours to fall asleep last night, but the sounds, the heat and the fact that I wasn’t tired yesterday was probably the reason for that. It’s a little later in the evening now, and so a little cooler , but it’s early to bed, and that’s just how it is in the jungle where there isn’t anything to do when it has got dark, and it will be dark before 7pm. I would add that there wasn’t any wifi yesterday so I couldn’t update my blog and do anything else on the net. I know I probably shouldn’t be using it at all, BUT it’s actually quite nice, especially when I am on my own. And yes, wifi and a really good Tv-signal and everything else you need in the 21st Century