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Khao Sok – Trekking Around Cheow Lan Lake

30 Saturday Mar 2013

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Asia, Cheow Lan Lake, Hiking, Khao Sok, Khao Sok National Park, Namtaloo Cave, Selfish Years, Thailand, Trekking

Our 2 day/1 night trip to Cheow Lan Lake included two treks. The first trek was to Namtaloo Cave. It took about 45 minutes of hiking through the jungle to reach the cave. Our guide’s name was Ya Ya, and he was good-natured and easy going. When we told him that I was a slow walker, he assured me that we would take lots of breaks for photos.

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Khao Sok – Freaking Out About Leeches and Trekking

28 Thursday Mar 2013

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Asia, Khao Sok, Khao Sok National Park, Leeches, Selfish Years, Thailand

I am not much for trekking but I knew that me and Mr. Selfish would at least do one short hike in Khao Sok National Park. When I started googling the best hikes in the park, I came across many blogs about how the trails are crawling with leeches. The blogs told gruesome tales of how the leeches will chase you through the trails, find a way to slither up your legs, and suck your blood even through your socks.

Mr. Selfish started freaking out. He wanted to leave Khao Sok the next day and not even doing any hiking. I attempted to calm him down and told him that it was probably only bad during rainy season. We were there on the cusp of dry season and hot season.

The next day, I somehow convinced Mr. Selfish to do one hike in the park and told him as soon as we saw any leeches on the trail, we would turn back. I am happy to report that during our short hike at Khao Sok National Park, we didn’t see a single leech.

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Mr. Selfish Let Me Book Our Accommodations in Khao Sok

25 Monday Mar 2013

Posted by mrsselfish in Accommodations, Asia, Thailand

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Accommodations, Asia, Khao Sok, Khao Sok Treehouse Resort, Khaosok, Selfish Years, Thailand, Treehouse Resort

Mr. Selfish and I had a week allocated for the western part of Thailand. We landed in Phuket but knew that we had to get out of there as soon as possible. We stopped in Khao Lak for a couple of days in order to scuba dive at Richelieu Rock and then we headed to Khao Sok to spend a couple of nights in a tree house and one night in a raft house. Khao Sok is a national park encompassing 738.74 square kilometers. It is pretty rustic and not yet overrun with tourists, which means that there are no chain hotels in Khao Sok.

Mr. Selfish has been expertly collecting airline and hotel miles and points since September 2011, which has enabled us to stay at some really nice hotels during our selfish year. Because we could not use any points for Khao Sok, I was left in charge of planning the accommodations.

For our tree house, I booked the Bamboo Orchid Tree House at Khao Sok Tree House. It had air conditioning and an outdoor rustic bathroom, and cost 4,000 baht ($136 USD) per night.

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Hello from Bangkok!

12 Tuesday Feb 2013

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Asia, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khao Lak, Khao Sok, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Thailand

Mr. Selfish and I arrived in Bangkok last night. This is our first time in Thailand, so we’re pretty excited. Here’s our four-week itinerary:

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