38. Sam Roi Yot

12 years today, both woke up and headed out early today as we needed to be at the cave before 10.30. We zipped down on our Moped to the cave, a short 15 min ride away. When we arrived we got our tickets and headed off. The sea was really rough today so no cheating having a boat ride back... It was a fairly easy climb over the first bay. The last bit up to the cave was harder but manageable with a break half way. We were keeping quiet and trying to spot some Red Faced monkeys which are really nice and friendly towards humans. Very different to the other buggers we have crossed paths with before. We got to the opening of the cave and wow. It was ginormous, probably 2/300 mtrs high and 300 mtrs wide. We carried on walking through and then we were greeted with the most beautiful temple. It was magnificent, probably one of the maddest things we have seen since travelling. We got there about 10 and slowly the temple was getting more and more lit by the beaming sunlight above. Wow, what a experience and still hardly any tourists. We headed back and we stopped for the worst pancakes humanly possible. It wasn't as far as we thought but still 3 hour round trip and about 12k steps.
We then had a drive around the park before heading back to hotel for a break from the sun before our next excursion later.

About 3.30 we headed off to our next stop, Bueng Bua wetlands. It was a bit of an eventful ride as Google maps had no clue where we were and kept making up roads, after chatting with a very friendly local who pointed us in the right direction, we finally arrived. We had tickets valid already from earlier so just to pay for the boat hire. Which was a £11.50. Bargain for the experience. Bueng Bua is a WWF site and a significant area for many rare animals and birds. Really special area which has been on numerous documentaries for wildlife.
We headed off through the reeds and the lilys with birds all taking flight. It was so fun, we stopped and had a few photo opportunities and the guide took us to a walking area with a viewpoint. It was nice to see it from above.
We boated back to the start after 1.5 hours of exploring. We both decided to watch the sunset go down, it was unreal across the water, our best yet. See video below.
When we got back to room we decided to go out for a curry. Although flavours were there it took so long to serve to us it was mostly cold and not the most appealing. The most exciting thing was a cat who decided to join in on our anniversary date night. He looked very at home 😂 (especially next to Grace, the crazy cat lady 😂). We were both exhausted after today so decided to set no alarms and sleep as long as we can tomorrow! What a great day!Leer más