My folks came to Thailand to visit us again (and watch the kids while Candace and I take off to celebrate our 15 year wedding anniversary…). We took advantage of a long weekend and went up to Khao Yai to enjoy the nature, animals, fruits, and waterfalls. We had a fabulous time and enjoyed some even “cool” weather.
We stopped by a cattle farm/tourist stop on the way there this time and had some delicious hamburgers. Enjoyed feeling a little bit of the Texas cowboy spirit!
The highlight for most of us was going to the bat cave at dusk and seeing 3-4 million bats fly out over the course of a half hour. Definitely an amazing experience! It looked like an ever-changing river/swarm and sounded like a river as well…wow.
We stayed in the same hotel as last time we went to Khao Yai and loved it again. Fun pool, beautiful flowers, good food, and nice rooms:
Khao Yai (big mountain) was wonderful. We saw plenty of wild monkeys, birds, deer, and crazy tropical ants. The waterfall had a LOT more water this time of year and we were treated with a rainbow for half the time we were there!
We tried a new restaurant there – the Chocolate Factory – and also stopped near this HUGE white Buddha on the drive home. Happened to have a vineyard near the base with a very nice Thai lady that brought us all sorts of new/exotic fruits from her yard to try! Loved it!
We got POURED on for a good hour or two on the drive home, but the traffic wasn’t too bad and cleaned all of the red dirt off of our van. What a great weekend trip!
The bats!!! Seriously so amazing. I'm not so sure about that fruit there at the end though. You guys will probably die soon from eating it. At least you saw dancing bats in flights before you died though.
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