July 3rd, 2011
July 3rd–I think ; )
We just got back from a most amazing AMAZING day. We went to Erawan Falls. It was a 1.5 hour ride in the Sangtow to get there.
Russ looked pretty comfortable actually…
We then hiked UP about 2.5 kms (although I must admit it felt like a LOT more going up). We stopped along the way to have some fun…
We did see monkeys other than these…but these one were SO MUCH CUTER!!!!!!!
There are 7 tiers of waterfalls…absolutely gorgeous waterfalls and the hike is a 10 star hike.
Not gonna lie–some of the bridges are a little sketchy looking…
There are lots of places to stop and swim/splash/play in the pools. And…it really is a MUST to do this to cool down the core body temperature. I thought I had sweat a lot before…but this was a whole new level of sweating. Let me know if you are tired of hearing about all the sweating we do : )
Then we had to hike down…seems like it would be easier, but given the rough terrain–it had its own challenges…
The path is very au naturel (as in we were hiking through some pretty dense amazing Thai jungle. Unique experience to say the least.
We had a cool drink and some chicken on a stick at the bottom before we started our ride home…
Asked the driver to stop at a fruit stand on the way back to see if we could buy some pomello…that is the new fruit we like that Riam introduced us to last year. It is like a very big grapefruit, but not so sour…YUM! Anyway–he did not know what we were talking about but stopped at three local markets on the way and we looked. We did not find any Pomello until the last one…but we did find many other yummy things to eat. The deep fried potato balls (not their real name), sticky rice and banana in banana leaf (also not real name), some kind of deep fried ground sausage, deep fried banana, these other dessert things that look like a taco but are a bread outside with different fillings (egg, merangue, cucumber). They are sweet and taste very different than you would think–YUM!!
Anyway–seeing a theme with the “deep fried”. They do seem to deep fry a lot of stuff here…not sure at all, how they work over those hot woks…
So seeing a shower, massage and some sleep in my future…we are heading up north to Chiang Mai tomorrow. Mr Sawang is going to come get us and take us to Bangkok airport around 1pm…then we catch a 6:15pm flight to Chiang Mai…could not be happier about this–I LOVE CHIANG MAI!!
TTFN
July 3rd, 2011
Patty Glover Says :
I’ve seen Pomellos at Sobeys so will try one now. Brooklyn & Russill look like Rambo. Moving day for Alec & Joyce here so lots of work (sweating here too!)
July 3rd, 2011
laurie Says :
Haha…you think more like Rambo than monkeys?? You will love pomello if it is the same as here…we are addicted!
July 3rd, 2011
Jackie Says :
I am letting you know that you can stop talking about your sweating, I almost pukised my self hahahah :)))
July 3rd, 2011
laurie Says :
Ok Jackie! I will try…it should be cooler in Chaing Mai…so hopefully less sweating. : )
July 3rd, 2011
Jo Says :
How do you know that it is CHICKEN on the stick?
July 3rd, 2011
laurie Says :
That is a very good question! One I had myself at the beginning! I recognize the bone structure…and it tastes like chicken. But I have now learned that so does frog! Haha