The tales of a traveler

I will never be able to forget the day I we went on a company trip to this National Park called Khao Sok in Thailand. I lived in Phuket for four months and I have experienced a lot of beautiful Places, still nothing can compare to this one.

Khao Sok is a National Park for tourists that want to see the true beauty of Thailand up close. The king himself picked out the location, and it is possible to rent the Bungalows there for days or weeks. This is truly the perfect place to withdrawal to if you want to take a break from the everyday stress. The only way to get back and forth is by boat, and you feel completely cut off from society. It was like going back in time to a place where everything is simple, peaceful and intact with nature.

I will never forget the first impression I got when we rounded the last corner with the long tail boat. It had taken us approximately forty-five minutes to get there by boat from the harbour, and we were all sweating from the heat and excitement.

In front of us where fifteen big bungalows floating on the lakeside with only water and jungle surrounding the area. As we slowly closed up the space that was left between the quay and us, we were all rocking the boat in excitement. I was the third person to jump of the boat, and I could feel the laths moving as I stepped on to the pier. It was like no other place I‘d ever seen before. Everything was floating on the lake and we had to keep the balance when we were walking.

No matter in which direction we looked, there was water, jungle and small islands everywhere. We could borrow canoes to explore the area, and went out sightseeing on our own for hours. It was truly like living in a childhood dream.

When the sun went down and all the lights were turned off, we could see the night sky as clear as ever, covered by stars. We were lying on our backs for ages, talking about the stars meaning and the different symbols they made, just trying to get it all in.

We also went on a boat safari in the morning, went to visit a well hid Buddhist cave in one of the mountains and spent numerous of hours in the fresh beautiful water.

Khao Sok is the most beautiful place I‘ve visited this far and when people are talking about paradise, I close my eyes and let my imagination bring me back to the floating bungalows on the lake. I know this is a place I will og back to one day, and if you want to see Thailand for what it`s nature is worth, you should visit Khao Sok when you go there!