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- Day 7
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
- ☁️ 32 °C
- Altitude: 89 m
Thailand9°6’14” N 98°42’47” E
Floating lunch stop
April 9 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
After seeing the elephants we stopped here for more delicious Thai food, to feed the giant fish and for a cool down in the lake!
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 89 m
- Thailand9°0’35” N 98°42’34” E
Back across the lake
April 9 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
After speeding back to the pier with some more sight seeing along the way, we made the 2 hour drive back to the hotel. A fabulous day with our amazing guide, Ya.
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- Day 8
- Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’19” N 98°14’50” E
Street food and market
April 10 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
After a day by the pool and beach, we went through the market and got some water pistols for celebrating Songkran (Thai new year) on Sunday as well as a few other bits and enjoyed cocktails, cocktailsRead more
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- Day 8
- Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
- 🌙 29 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- ThailandMorgan Village9°25’22” N 97°52’11” E
Surin part 2
April 10 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
After the Mokken village we stopped for snorkeling. The reef is really amazing and the visibility incredible.the photos and videos just don't do it justice at all! Then we stopped for lunch on theRead more
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- Day 9
- Friday, April 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- ThailandBaan Nam Kem8°51’50” N 98°16’22” E
Surin part 1
April 11 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After an early start we took a 1 hour 20 minute speed boat ride out to the islands. First stop was they Mokken village. These 'sea gypsies' used to just stop on Surin for monsoon season but have nowRead more
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- Day 9
- Friday, April 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
- 🌧 29 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- ThailandMorgan Village9°26’2” N 97°51’35” E
Overnight on Surin
April 11 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
We were so unlucky with the weather. The island experience an unseasonal 15 hours of heavy rain overnight. Fortunately we stayed dry on our tent but it made the island experience quite challenging andRead more
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- Day 10
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- ThailandMorgan Village9°25’20” N 97°52’12” E
Enjoying our last few hours on Surin
April 12 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We enjoyed some lunch and then played on the beach for a couple of hours before rejoining our speedboat
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- Day 10
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Thailand9°25’35” N 97°53’48” E
More snorkeling
April 12 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
(because I can only upload 2 videos per post!)
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- Day 10
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- ThailandMorgan Village9°25’36” N 97°53’45” E
Snorkeling
April 12 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We enjoyed 2 more fabulous snorkelling spots before heading back to the mainland. We found lots more Nemo fish and Dory too! We saw huge trigger fish, star fish, pipe fish and amazing coral. The kidsRead more
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- Day 10
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
- 🌙 28 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’16” N 98°14’55” E
Dinner at The Golden Elephant
April 12 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
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- Day 11
- Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’16” N 98°14’51” E
Happy Thai New year
April 13 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Today is Song Kran, the celebration of Thai new year. We had been told to expect water fights... Arabella was prepared before breakfast!
As soon as we got to the pool the kids found others who wereRead more
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- Day 11
- Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’18” N 98°14’48” E
Song Kran
April 13 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The hotel organised a morning of games for the kids (and adults!) this included cucumber golf 😂, hoopla, football, sack race, balloon popping and darts plus a huge water fight including giant binsRead more
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- Day 11
- Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’29” N 98°14’49” E
Surfing
April 13 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
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- Day 11
- Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’18” N 98°14’52” E
Song Kran dinner
April 13 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
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- Day 12
- Monday, April 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
- ☁️ 32 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- ThailandBan Bang La On8°38’33” N 98°15’4” E
Pool day
April 14 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Found Arabella some decent goggles after she lost 2 pairs whilst body boarding and the market ones split after a day!
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 63 m
- Thailand8°54’27” N 98°31’50” E
Meeting the elephants
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
These 3 female elephants have all been rescued. 2 from the circus in Phuket and 1 from logging. One has only been at the centre for a month, another for 10 years. Even in the short time we spent withRead more
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 67 m
- Thailand8°53’34” N 98°31’59” E
Elephant feeding
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
They get fed 7 times a day and wouldn't survive in the wild as they couldn't find their own food 🙁
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 71 m
- Thailand8°53’35” N 98°31’60” E
Banana treats
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
They enjoyed about 100 bananas each and eat them like we would eat a bag of sweets!
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 71 m
- Thailand8°53’35” N 98°31’60” E
Walking with the elephants
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
They get taken for a walk to keep them active, one is overweight 😂
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 70 m
- Thailand8°53’36” N 98°32’0” E
Goodbye ellies
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 42 m
- Thailand8°53’27” N 98°39’23” E
Bamboo rafting
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We spotted a family of huge frogs and a bright green snake as we floated down the river. We fed fish which Joseph was convinced were piranha! So peaceful and very hot!
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Thailand8°53’3” N 98°39’49” E
Snake!
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
- ☁️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 147 m
- Thailand8°53’15” N 98°40’8” E
Rafting coffee stop
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Unexpectedly, whilst rafting we stopped under a huge cliff face where a fire was heating bamboo tubes of water and we were given tea and coffee in bamboo cups!
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
- ☁️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 240 m
- Thailand8°53’7” N 98°30’9” E
Khao Sok viewpoint
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
A beautiful view of Khao Sok national park and then a trip to the Tsunami memorial. This represents the height of the wave 😟
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- Day 13
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- ThailandBaan Nam Kem8°51’32” N 98°15’52” E
Tsunami memorial
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The height of the wall represents the height of the wave. It was really moving to spend time here. Our guide was working in a cafe at the time but had taken a day off to visit his family in Phuket. 20Read more
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