Two nights in the Rain Forest....

We had a long journey from Koh Samui to Khao Sok, should of taken about 5 hours and it took 9!! But this was more than made up for when we arrived at Riverside cottages in the rain forest- wow, so beautiful, noisy and hot!! Our 1st encounter at the place we stayed was sharing our lunch with an andrex puppy and a monkey!! We were just minding our own business when the monkey comes along and takes a straw, it was all downhill from there! The dog (Kauson) and the monkey (Max) played (and fought) alot and were great entertainment. They were some of the residents of where we were staying, definatly the quieter ones as the insects, frogs and birds made quite a racket!!

It was amazing staying in such a place, it was so alive with so much to look at. Yesturday we went into the national park and went on a walk (supposed to be 8KM but seemed like much further). We treked over rivers, avoiding the leaches and through bamboo clad forests to a waterfall. The waterfall was good but not as spectacular as it would have been in the wet season. We also saw our first rain, even though it is not the wet season, warm rain that is really heavy but not for too long. The wildlife seemed to get even more vocal after that!!

Sadly we left there today. We are now in Krabi for two nights before taking the bus on friday (at 7am!). We didn't know whether to go straight to Penang or stay in Krabi to get some washing done and brake up the journey. So we flipped a coin yesturday in the travel agents (much to the amusement of the travel agent) and it came up heads (for Krabi), so here we are.

Some exploring tomorrow of a local island, then its Bye bye Thailand -Land of Smiles and Hello Malaysia.

Thats all for now, Love Penny an Linda