Khoa Yai National Park

My friends and I went camping in Thailand! As you can tell by the pictures, camping is a little different in Thailand. We weren't able to make a campfire, but we did burn the candels the park gave us! Khoa Yai National Park is only 2 hours northeast of Bangkok, but the change in temperature was drastic! Instead of being around 38 degrees celsius like it is in Bangkok (100 degrees farenheit), it was only 22.2 degrees celsius (72 degrees farenheit) at the park! The temperature dropped a lot during the night as well and we were all freezing when we were sleeping in the tents. We were not prepared for cold weather! We did however get blankets that helped during the cold night. The park was beautiful and we hiked to a waterfall. The air was so fresh and crisp and it reminded me a lot of Wisconsin's beautiful valleys.

The most interesting part of the trip was our adventure back to Bangkok. A nice Thai couple gave us a ride back to a town right outside of the National Park, but then they offered to give us a ride all the way back to Bangkok! So we ended up riding in the back of the truck all way back on a main highway! We even took a small detour to a Buddha temple that the couple wanted to stop and pray at! It was a very windy ride, but quite the experience. I wrapped myself in my sleep sack to protect myself against the wind and sun. We also bought corn on the side of the road which was really tasty!