This is the Tra Que Herb Village in An Bang Beach.
This is an amazing Herb Village. They grow lettuce, chives, sprouts, clover, mint and many more.
The Herb Village is very impressive. My favourite vegetable is Herbs. I love the taste that’s why I like Herbs.
One woman invited me and Evan to plant with her.
Can you believe it? That they work day to night.
Yesterday we took a boat from Ao Nang to Railay Beach. We are now staying at Railay Great View Resort. There is lots of wildlife here including horn bills, eagles, one scorpion and… monkeys! Just this morning we saw a monkey right in front of our balcony. It was a dusky langur monkey also known as a spectacled langur. It is black with white spots around the eyes. On the internet I found out that, “The newborns of these monkeys are colorful. The color of the fur is orange or bright yellow which changes to gray in six months’ time after birth.”. I hope we see a baby! Signing off for now, Evan.
3 days ago, we flew from Luang Prabang, Laos (via Bangkok) to Phuket in southern Thailand. We took a van from Phuket to Khao Sok National Park which holds 5% of animal species in the world. We are staying at Khao Sok Riverfront Resort. Yesterday, in the middle of our stay, we took a boat to floating bungalows which you can see in picture 5, on Lake Cheow Lan, which is 45 metres deep!!! We were going to stay there for two days and one night. We swam so much in the lake. On the first day we hiked to Nam Talu Cave. We had to wear life jackets because the cave had water that was pretty deep. Our guide was named Kiki. He spotted so so many spiders in the cave. I got a little freaked out at times. One time that I was freaked out was when we had to climb down a waterfall in the cave, because it was so narrow that it could only fit a single file line. When we finally came out of the cave I was exhausted. We took the boat back to the bungalows and swam some more. That night, we had a delicious dinner of fish and noodles. Then we were rocked to bed by the waves. The next morning we woke up at 6:30am to go on an early morning boat safari. We saw monkeys, gibbons, and giant hornbills (a species similar to the toucan). Can you spot the langur monkey in picture 7? Gibbons have a lifespan of 25 years in the wild, and are monogamous mammals that form lifelong bonds. Gibbons are members of the ape family but are faster then most primates and can travel as far as 10 metres in one jump and can swing through the trees at speeds as fast as 56km/hr. After the safari ended, we returned for breakfast and swam, again. Next we took the boat to a cave called Pra Kay Petch Cave. We walked through the cave while learning about the species in the cave such as spiders and bats. Then we took the boat back to the pier and took the van back to Khao Sok Riverfront Resort.
Today we went to Kuang Si Waterfalls near Luang Prabang, Laos. The waterfalls were stunning and perfect for a sunny day swim. We took a private minivan to the falls, it was about an hour, but guess what we saw on the road? Water Buffalo🐂🐃! When we got to the falls, we went to the Moon Bear Reserve. Adult moon bear males weigh 60–200 kg while adult females weigh 40–125kg. The bears looked so cute. Then we went to the falls. They were big and were so pretty that we were looking up at them in awe. We got to swim and it was so much fun. Can you spot us swimming in the 5th picture? Then we hiked to get to the gigantic level of the falls. We hiked up along the waterfall to get the top of it. It was so scary because it was 60 metres (200 ft) high! At the top there was a little pool with a swing that you could swing off of into the pool. When we got back down we had a delicious picnic lunch of croissants and baguettes from our favourite bakery in Luang Prabang, Le Banneton. Then we went back to the minivan and rode a pleasant way home.
Yesterday we went to Tham Lod Cave. The cave consists of three segments, Big Column Cave, Doll’s Cave, and Coffin Cave. We only went to Big Column and Coffin Cave. We had a tour guide that led us through the cave and without her lantern it would have been pitch black. Here are some facts: Big Column Cave has a huge column in the middle that is 21.45 metres tall, it was made from Stalagmites converging with Stalactites. A Stalagmite is a rock formation made from hardened calcium that hangs from a cave ceiling, a stalactite is a rock formation that grows up from the ground due to dripping water from the ceiling that has limestone particles which eventually creates a Stalactite. In Coffin Cave, archaeologists found many log coffins that held human corpses that are from 1,400 years ago and archaeologists think that there was a big settlement a long time ago in the cave. To get from Big Column Cave to Coffin Cave we took a bamboo raft which was a very fun experience, bats pooped on my mom three times!! We also got to feed the catfish living in the cave. Overall, it was awesome. 😊👍
Today we went to the the Elephant Nature Park. The ENP rescues sick or injured elephants from unfair labour like logging or the circus. We had an awesome time hanging with the elephants. Our guide, Job, was very nice and taught us some awesome facts. Here are some of them: Elephants are pregnant for 2 years, elephants can live to 100 years old, their skin is an inch thick, and they can eat up to 300 pounds of food a day!! In the morning, we fed the elephants bananas, watermelons, and pumpkins. The elephants we fed were named Kabu and Deepo, they were 60 years old. In the afternoon, we watched them bathe and lather themselves with natural sunscreen. Can you guess? Mud!! Elephants use mud as sunscreen and bug repellent. Would you want to try that? I would not at all. Elephants are very intelligent, they make their own little families with other rescued elephants, one “family” at the park only has members with physical injury, like cataracts or a dislocated leg. I hope we can all agree that elephants are an animal of wonder.
Today we went to Mae Sa Waterfalls. We went to 7 waterfalls!! The names of the waterfalls are Wang Sam Muen, Wang Thao Promma, Tat Muei, Tat Phanarom, Pha Ngoeb, Wat Hang, and Lan Thay. This is Wang Sam Muen .This is the first National Park we went to in Thailand. All the waterfalls were so pretty!
We went under the falls at Wang Thao Promma. It was so much fun, as you can see from our faces. The water was pretty cold but we had the time of our lives anyway. I hope we go back.
This is Tat Muei. We could not swim here because the current was too strong. This was the third (in thai: Saam) waterfall.
This is Lan Thay. The Waterfall was easily accessed so you could even sit on it!! No doubt this was an awesome adventure!
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