{"id":12527,"date":"2024-03-21T23:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=12527"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:52:15","slug":"thailand-day-21-khao-sok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2024\/03\/thailand-day-21-khao-sok\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Day 21 &#8211; Khao Sok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"Wow! Cool! Great photos!\" data-post-id=\"12527\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"no\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">2    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"Meh\" data-post-id=\"12527\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"no\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div><div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4109_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An early rise for me at Raft House 3<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4111_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some others are also up already<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4114_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The latest addition to this Raft House: some tents, they were pitching these yesterday<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4124_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks idyllic, right?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4122_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">But turn your head a bit to the right and see the less idyllic part where the Thai crew is housed<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4135_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We go for another wildlife trip on the boats, this time we go closer to the shore<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4131_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">And indeed! We see a monkey at the waterfront, I guess it went there to drink, or wash?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4137_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another monkey somewhere in the trees<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4140_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunlight is slowly getting over the mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4157_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another boat looking at another monkey<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4165_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#8217;re boating around a bit<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4171_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">So far we&#8217;ve seen a handful of monkeys<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4174_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Including this one with what looks like her young<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4178_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A last look at what remains of some trees<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4186_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">And we turn around and head back<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4194_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We see some birds<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4199_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Almost back at the Raft House, some others used their time to go kayaking in one of the available kayaks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4203_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breakfast! Pancakes! My favourite!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4209_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#8217;re about to leave<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4217_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yesterday, because we arrived 1.5 hours later than all the others, we missed visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaosokrafthouse.com\/khaosamkler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khao Sam Kler<\/a>, I spoke to the Thai crew and demanded we (our group) would visit it today instead, they agreed, now we&#8217;ll have to see if they keep their word, we&#8217;re on our way east here, at least that&#8217;s in the right direction<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4233_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area is really beautiful<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4258_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ah, this is it! This is Khao Sam Kler! Cool! Wouldn&#8217;t want to have missed this<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4263_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yay!<\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DSCF4224\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vA_UNR9xS0s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little video of the boat trip<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4276_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#8217;re back!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4278_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We drove from the marina to the Chiew Larn Lake View Point and were given this terrible lunch (with fish sauce)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4280_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since I&#8217;m not having my lunch I walk around a bit and take some photos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaosok.com\/cheow-larn-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lake<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4287_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue of someone<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321121318_0027_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I sent up the drone again, hoping I would not be caught<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321121336_0029_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clear view of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rajjaprabha_Dam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajjaprabha Dam<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321121540_0034_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue again and me hiding somewhere in the photo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321121644_0039_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dam to my east<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4291_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s a lovely viewpoint here, bit of a breeze, some shade, most welcome<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4292_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cool tree roots<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DSCF4294_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last view at the lake! Bye lake, nice meeting you<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321145838_0054_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I will stay the night in Khao Sok, itself, the village, on booking.com I find that everything is rather expensive here, the only affordable place is here, in a tent on a raised platform, I decide to give it a try, I mean, I like camping so why not? I&#8217;m about to send up my drone here, more in the video lower down the page<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240321_143818_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tent, the platform isn&#8217;t great, lots of big holes underneath that are covered (up) by those carpets. I really needed to have the fan going, it&#8217;s soooo hot here<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321145142_0044_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some drone photos of the area I am in, stunning!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DJI_20240321145410_0047_D_DxO_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/th\/khao-sok-hill-top-resort.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resort<\/a> I&#8217;m staying at<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240321_175528_result.jpg\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I bought some snacks at a local shop in the village and noticed a cute cat so I bought some cat food in the shop and gave it to the cat, she loved it!<\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DJI 20240321121345 0030 D\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NrwoCgCz3vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little video of today<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[741,743,742],"class_list":["post-12527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thailand","tag-khao-sok","tag-raft-house","tag-rajjaprabha-dam","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12527"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14375,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12527\/revisions\/14375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}