Tree Tops River Huts, Khao Sok, Day 1

It's another early morning as we plan to grab a local bus to Khao Sok. We have read online they leave every hour throughout the Day, so aren't worrying too much as we pack our bags and get ready. We make it to the first bus terminal around 8am, and then wait before getting on a bus to the next terminal, about 5km away. As we arrive we are led the way to the ticket counter for Khao Sok buses, and manage to book onto the 9.30 bus. Luckily we set off early, as this seems to be the last bus heading this way, despite what it said online.
The bus is pretty empty and pretty big, so despite the 4 hours it takes, it doesn't seem too bad. We arrive in Khao Sok early afternoon, and immediately notice the quietness. Apart from the sound of the animals living in the surrounding jungle, it is silent. It is incredibly nice. We are shoved into the back of a pick up truck and led to our hotel.
After having some dinner in the restaurant, we are shown to our small room. The room itself isn't great, but the balcony outside over the lake, looking out onto the national park is lovely. It is here we spend most of the afternoon as we are both pretty tired from the last few days, and there is also not much to do in Khao Sok apart from visit the national park, which we plan to do tomorrow.
After chilling out for a bit, we head out for a walk. This place is really great. We are surrounded by hills, and it feels like we are in a different country to Phuket, yet alone 4 hours away. It isn't very busy at all, and we see exhausted looking people coming back from the hike which we are going on tomorrow (scary!)
Despite this whole place consisting of only one small street, it is an amazing place which we could spend hours wandering around and staring at the scenery that seems to be amazing in any direction you look. We take a slow walk up and down the street trying to find somewhere for a beer, but we end up buying a few in a shop and having then on the balcony as we watch the Sun go down. It is cooler then most places we have been due to being in the middle of the jungle, so is very nice, and we listen to the monkeys screaming to each other in the trees ahead of us as it slowly gets dark.
We head out for something to eat, and end up fibding an awesome place that does a lovely couple of curries (very spicy yet again!) It turns out deep fried tofu tastes a lot better then normal tofu! After eating we take a slow walk back to the room and get an early night, ready for the nature trail tomorrow.Read more