Day 219 (Sun 11 Feb) - Khao Sam Roi Yot
Up early for a boat ride. Picked up our happy ranger again and we all trooped off to a protected marsh area.
We thought that the boat would be similar to the one we had the day before. It in fact turned out to be a punt. Since said craft would not be able to hold all of us our driver, guide and other guide they elected to stay on dry land.
The punt was pulled up against the bank and was surrounded by tall reeds. It seemed quite impossible that the woman piloting the punt would be able to break through what seemed to be an impenetrable mass of reeds. Anyway all four of us gingerly got into the punt. Sarb got in last, smugly thinking that since he was last on board the poor person at the front of the boat ie. Steve would be used as the battering ram to break through the reeds. The smile was soon wiped from his mug as the woman set off and pointed the boat round so that Sarb was at the front! Coupled with the fact that Sarb is terrified of spiders and there seemed to be one or two cobwebs spanning the reeds he spent most of the journey hyperventilating. Luckily however there weren't too many spiders or webs.
It was quite eerie as we punted through the reeds, floating across carpets of lillies ( [1], [2] ). Now and again we would hear the flutter of wings and a bird would burst out from the dense reeds.
The mountains lining one side of the marsh were quite incredible, especially when the sun began to rise and sent shafts of light through the jagged peaks ( [1], [2] ).
After about an hour or so we returned to the bank and hopped off. We then went for a walk on the raised platforms erected in the marshes. Spotted loads of birds and the water was full of fish.
Spent quite a while walking round the platforms ( [1], [2], [3] ). A quite serene place!
We had lunch at the HQ of the park and then headed back to the hotel, stopping to drop off our guide and taking a few photos of some adorable monkeys.
Chilled out for a while and then went for an excellent dinner at the Dolphin Bay hotel, a couple of hundreds yards up the road.
We thought that the boat would be similar to the one we had the day before. It in fact turned out to be a punt. Since said craft would not be able to hold all of us our driver, guide and other guide they elected to stay on dry land.
The punt was pulled up against the bank and was surrounded by tall reeds. It seemed quite impossible that the woman piloting the punt would be able to break through what seemed to be an impenetrable mass of reeds. Anyway all four of us gingerly got into the punt. Sarb got in last, smugly thinking that since he was last on board the poor person at the front of the boat ie. Steve would be used as the battering ram to break through the reeds. The smile was soon wiped from his mug as the woman set off and pointed the boat round so that Sarb was at the front! Coupled with the fact that Sarb is terrified of spiders and there seemed to be one or two cobwebs spanning the reeds he spent most of the journey hyperventilating. Luckily however there weren't too many spiders or webs.
It was quite eerie as we punted through the reeds, floating across carpets of lillies ( [1], [2] ). Now and again we would hear the flutter of wings and a bird would burst out from the dense reeds.
The mountains lining one side of the marsh were quite incredible, especially when the sun began to rise and sent shafts of light through the jagged peaks ( [1], [2] ).
After about an hour or so we returned to the bank and hopped off. We then went for a walk on the raised platforms erected in the marshes. Spotted loads of birds and the water was full of fish.
Spent quite a while walking round the platforms ( [1], [2], [3] ). A quite serene place!
We had lunch at the HQ of the park and then headed back to the hotel, stopping to drop off our guide and taking a few photos of some adorable monkeys.
Chilled out for a while and then went for an excellent dinner at the Dolphin Bay hotel, a couple of hundreds yards up the road.
posted by Jo and Sarb at
2/11/2007 06:13:00 am
1 Comments:
another wonderful day - Sarb did have pole position for the punt trip for photos - we were blissfully unaware of the spider situation! The photos are lovely I'm pinching most of them to pass of as our own work! ps pictures 3 and 4 on the walk ways are the same
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