January 26-28th
The tallest peak in Thailand, over 8000ft...we thought we would do some hiking..silly us!
Thais come here for one thing...a photo shoot in wool hats and sweaters...and they drive! Right to the top of the peak, through the park, to the waterfalls, to the camp site, roads everywhere...at least we had a scooter.
The park was beautiful, pine forests with wild white orchids clinging to their trunks, rhododendrons almost in bloom, bamboo and wild banana palms amongst the pines...and yes...slightly cool temperatures. There were also some picaresque waterfalls, one we could see from our tent window. We managed a short 20min hike on a dirt road and a 1km hike to a 'remote' water fall (too far for the other tourists to go in their snow boots and wool hats...)
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| Banana, pine, bamboo forest |
