Fri May 26, 2017 @ 03:40

I am from California, we have 10,000 foot (3000 meter) mountains, volcanic in nature. I lived for my first 41 years of life 2 hours from Yosemite National Park and many other wilderness areas, marked by evergreen trees with needles and snowy winters.

Thailand's landscape and weather is a huge contrast for me. I love it! God is so creative! Here, in this part of Thailand (Bangkok/central Thailand) you have coconut palms, banana trees, many other tropical fruits like Durian, Lychee, Mango and much more!), geckos and beautiful birds, monitor lizards and cobras, and lots of thunder and lightning storms. There are three seasons here, which we have now lived through all of them. There is hot, hotter, and hottest! Actually they are called Hot Season (March-April), Rainy Season (my favorite, May/June-October), and Cool Season (but it's not really that cool! November-February).

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toesalad+

The terrain and vegetation there is so different from anything I am used to, I am sure it must have felt quite foreign the first time you experienced it.

posted Sat Jun 3, 2017 @ 15:59

nicole

Yes, very different. The part I am not used to is that you can't just go out on a trail on your own and go backpacking like in north america. The wilderness areas here are accessible mostly by hiring a guide from a local hill-tribe who basically machetes his way through the area! There truly are wild tigers, various snakes and centipedes, leeches, and other wildlife that I am not used to as well, so I am okay with hiring a guide!. We plan to book a couple of those kinds of trips next year, can't wait.

posted Sun Jun 4, 2017 @ 21:46

toesalad+

I would be totally OK with a guide in those conditions too :-) I would imagine that they aren't as expensive as North American guides either. I am looking forward to following those adventure when you guys have them!

posted Mon Jun 5, 2017 @ 06:47

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