What a life! We're so lucky to be able to do what we've dreamed about for so long. Working and traveling ... seeing so many new places!
We have a week off during October after the first quarter of school. We get invited to go to a place called Elephant Hills (www.elephanthills.org) in Surat Thani, Thailand. If you ever get a chance to come to Thailand you need to spend some time here. So beautiful and so very relaxing .... well except for the long hike. :)
Elephant Hills is in a rainforest with all kinds of creatures and vegetation. The forest around us is dense with greenery.
It was overcast when we got there.
One of the beautiful flowers in the camp. We stayed the first night at the main camp.
The long boat that took us to the floating tent camp.
After our fun at Elephant Hills we headed to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We didn't realize it but once we landed there was a fog over the city. We found out it was from the fires in Indonesia and this happens every year for 2-3 months. Just like in Chiang Mai. It wasn't unbearable but it didn't allow us to get very many good pictures.
Yep, everyone needs to taste joy ... well, maybe not but this was funny ... it was right next to store called Sin Sin. :)
While walking around we needed to use the toilet. When in Rome or Malaysia ... use the squatty potty. I'm getting good at this. It only cost 20 ringget to use and 10 ringget for toilet paper ... for a total of about $.10.
A beautiful fountain.
We have a week off during October after the first quarter of school. We get invited to go to a place called Elephant Hills (www.elephanthills.org) in Surat Thani, Thailand. If you ever get a chance to come to Thailand you need to spend some time here. So beautiful and so very relaxing .... well except for the long hike. :)
Elephant Hills is in a rainforest with all kinds of creatures and vegetation. The forest around us is dense with greenery.
It was overcast when we got there.
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| The views from our ride into the floating tent camp. It can only be reached by boat. |
We learned a lot about the lake, Cheow Larn. It's a manmade lake created in 1982. We were told the lake took 5 years to fill from rainfall and streams flowing into it.
The long boat that took us to the floating tent camp.
One of the numerous limestone cliffs jutting out of the lake. 
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Our tent camp ... about 14 tents in all and each have a very modern bathroom inside and wonderful shower. They are powered by solar. No air conditioning ... only a tiny fan, dinner plate size. 
Half way thru our 3 hour hike... It was so hot and humid. We saw several spiders in the cave and some were as big as my hand. This one was munching on its lunch. Disgusting.
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A beautiful fountain. |
| A monkey and it's baby ... they were every where and not too afraid of us but I was a bit of them especially when one thought it would be good to show me all his teeth.
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The start of the 275 steps to the top.
At the top this is what we find! No Exercise ..... yeah right.
We enjoyed our time in Kuala Lumpur and I get to mark another country off my list that I've seen. So where should we go on our next break? Maybe New Zealand ... that sounds like fun. Or maybe Trinidad and Tobacco!!
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