Mangrove Forest Tour (Draft)

           MANGROVE FOREST

            A few days ago, a group of students visited to my university. They made plans to visit mangrove forests and our aquariums. Mangrove forest, I have been to once. But it's been a long time ago. For some of them, it was something new. They seemed excited to enter the forest. The mangrove hiking route is quite difficult. There were trees blocking the path with wet leaves. We have to duck some. Jump over some It looks dangerous. Mosquitoes in the forest are very rare. I didn't get bitten or it doesn't bite, I'm not sure. There are many plants in the mangrove forest. The trees in the forest have a lot of roots. And looks very strong. We can see the roots. Because these trees have roots that rise above the ground. Unfortunately, I didn’t know any names of these trees. lucky for us, We have a teacher on this subject to guide us. But the path is long and not wide. Making the children in the back row unable to hear what the teacher said. But they still enjoy to looking at things around the forest. The oxygen in the mangrove forest is relatively low. Breathing in the forest is a little difficult. When walking to the end of the exit you will find the beach named “Wedding beach”. They sit back and do some activities on the beach for a while before going.

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ChaingMai Trip

     
    ChaingMai Trip

    We traveled to Chiang Mai on Wednesday morning. We arrived at Hat Yai around noon of that day.
After that, we check-in at Hop Inn and rest all day.
On Thursday wewe started traveling, we go to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Umong Temple and Ban Khang wat village.
After that, we having lunch at Khao Soi Somchai restaurant and goes back to our hotel.
The next day, we started buying souvenirs. And go to the Chiang Mai Tourism and Sports Office
And continue at the Chiang Mai Art and Culture Center Then return to the hotel
The next day we traveled back to Trang. Total time is 4 days in this trip
Ajahn Jack asked us to present the tourist attractions that we have visited. I was responsible for collecting data at the ban kang wat.


        Ban Kang Wat Is a tourist attraction and shops in the old house atmosphere. The shop here looks like a half-timbered house and half-timber mortar.
In which the house will be opened as a shop of different interest For example, a small library, restaurant, clothing store, picture shop and handmade shop
They have a wide courtyard. For taking pictures. Every Sunday morning there always have a market on the courtyard.
When we went there it was Thursday. very disappointing. In the market there are booths selling products from farms.
clothing and food of local and Stores here are closed every Monday.


                     

Doi Chiang Dao

"I've never hiking before until one day I got bored and want to challenge it and it becomes something I have to do every month."

Doi Chiang Dao is the 3rd highest mountain in Thailand. I think my body is ready from the last marathon that I challenged. But none of my friends would go with me. I think I'm not going. But finally, I decided to go alone.

I traveled to Krabi - Chiang Mai flight for more than 1600 baht. I have 1 backpack with camping equipment and 2-3 pieces of clothes only. Luckily I have a relative in Chiang Mai. So I asked to stay in their house and borrow a car too, hahahaha. I traveled to the mountain in the early morning to meet another 6 people who will go with me.

They come together from 3 people from Songkhla, 2 foreigners and 1 solo traveling like me.

This is the advantage of traveling alone. It will force you to make new friends because you don't have anyone to talk to.

Our destination is the on the top of mountain. The total distance is about 2 kilometers. It seem like not so far. But it's a mountain !! The path turns into a hill, feeling like walking in a forest sloping 45 degrees, both the forest and where we have to climb a rock. The weather is quite cold and the wind is very strong. We spent a total of almost 16 hours to reach 1 kilometer where it took so long because we were resting too much. We accumulate here because everyone seems to be unable to continue. As for myself, Running a marathon cannot be compared with hiking at all. But I felt very happy to leaving the Comfort zone and deciding to do this alone and beside, there were them on this trip so I was not as lonely as I thought. We build a fire. I used a camping stove to make coffee and hot cocoa. They also prepared it. But I said to use just mine so we wouldn't have to be too difficult.

We started talking about life down the mountain. 1 heartbroken 2 want some exciting moments of life 3 people need travel information for project. And I'm just want to do something crazy things. it was a wonderful time, We talked like we know each other for a long time and haven't seen each other for so long. In fact, we almost did not know each other.

on the next day, we continued our journey. The path is similar to yesterday, only colder and stronger wind. Finally we reached to the top of the mountain. Wow, I can do it. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. And let the mind float along the wind. I stood looking at the evening scenery before the daylight has gone. We camped for watch the morning mist. Tonight is special, because 3 of our friends have prepared a strong Vodka for us. Wow.

"It's cold here. Vodka will help us." Hahahaha We drank and talked. Request emails and facebook from each other. Please don't forget us. "That day we conquer Doi Luang Chiang Dao together".

In the next morning, Wow. The sky is foggy. I can't see below there. It looked like we were just above the clouds, cold air with a hot coffee. I feel, I don't need anything anymore in my life.

I want to stop time here Stay here forever. When the noon has coming, we went back down. It took us just 5 hours to reach the ground. Because it is a way down, it's not very tired at all.

We said goodbye to each other and traveled back to our own place. After that trip, I always went somewhere to see the mist every month until today.

I can say, In the lifetime of your life, You have to go hiking and camping. It makes you feel like being reborn.

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