But we were still at the entrance of the park. To get to the center, where the information center is its still another 26 km’s. We weren’t ready at all. This whole trip was very spontaneous and had no idea how to get there. The friendly guards, told us that if we have no car, there would be no way how to get up there unless we wanted to walk all the way up there in humid 30 degrees without a bottle of water. Of course they had a plan. We could hire one of their government bikes for 500 baht for 24 hours. Any extra hour would cost 100 baht. We decided to take one for the two of us. But the two of us were too heavy for the bike and the second bike wasn’t working and they still needed one bike to do the patrol. So no bikes for us. We were screwed. There was no way that we would walk all the way up to the visitor center in this heat.
There was only one option: The Thumb!
Hitchhiking in Thailand
Hitchhiking our way up there seemed the only possible solution and therefore we used our thumb and hoped to get up there with only one ride. And, lucky us, the first car, a pickup, stopped and let us jump on the back of the car. Scott and I were finally on the way. The wind was blowing in our face and we were just a small step away from our weekend adventure. They drove us all the way to the visitor center and in return they only wanted to have a picture with the two white “falang” guys (falang= Thai for foreigner).
Finding shelter at Khao Yai
Once up at the visitor center, we looked for a decent place to stay the night. The visitor center has a map with all the cabins in the national park. We found a nice and cheap place, paid for it and made our way down there. It was about one kilometer away from the visitor center and we started hiking our way down there. It was a humid and hot afternoon and up-hill. A police car stopped next to us and the officer asked us if we need a ride. We were a hesitating a bit but only walked for about 100 meters and were already exhausted. Therefore we happily accepted his offer to drive us to our little cabin. In return he only wanted a picture with the two white “falang” guys (Falang= Thai for foreigner).
cabin at khao yai national park
For the first time since we were living in Thailand we found a place that wasn’t that touristy and were foreigners are still something special. We thought about making our way through the national park and paying with pictures of us with the locals. That would have been a great and cheap weekend.
Hitchhiking to the waterfalls
After we moved into our small cabin, we got ready and wandered down the street. Our goal was to make our way to one of the big waterfalls in the park. It wouldn’t be easy. Another 20 kms were separating us from there. Since we still had no bikes or anything else that would take us there fast enough before the sun would set we tried to hitchhike our way down there. And we were successful. It only took three rides to get to the waterfalls.
But we were still at the entrance of the park. To get to the center, where the information center is its still another 26 km’s. We weren’t ready at all. This whole trip was very spontaneous and had no idea how to get there. The friendly guards, told us that if we have no car, there would be no way how to get up there unless we wanted to walk all the way up there in humid 30 degrees without a bottle of water. Of course they had a plan. We could hire one of their government bikes for 500 baht for 24 hours. Any extra hour would cost 100 baht. We decided to take one for the two of us. But the two of us were too heavy for the bike and the second bike wasn’t working and they still needed one bike to do the patrol. So no bikes for us. We were screwed. There was no way that we would walk all the way up to the visitor center in this heat.
There was only one option: The Thumb!
Hitchhiking in Thailand
Hitchhiking our way up there seemed the only possible solution and therefore we used our thumb and hoped to get up there with only one ride. And, lucky us, the first car, a pickup, stopped and let us jump on the back of the car. Scott and I were finally on the way. The wind was blowing in our face and we were just a small step away from our weekend adventure. They drove us all the way to the visitor center and in return they only wanted to have a picture with the two white “falang” guys (falang= Thai for foreigner).
Finding shelter at Khao Yai
Once up at the visitor center, we looked for a decent place to stay the night. The visitor center has a map with all the cabins in the national park. We found a nice and cheap place, paid for it and made our way down there. It was about one kilometer away from the visitor center and we started hiking our way down there. It was a humid and hot afternoon and up-hill. A police car stopped next to us and the officer asked us if we need a ride. We were a hesitating a bit but only walked for about 100 meters and were already exhausted. Therefore we happily accepted his offer to drive us to our little cabin. In return he only wanted a picture with the two white “falang” guys (Falang= Thai for foreigner).
cabin at khao yai national park
For the first time since we were living in Thailand we found a place that wasn’t that touristy and were foreigners are still something special. We thought about making our way through the national park and paying with pictures of us with the locals. That would have been a great and cheap weekend.
Hitchhiking to the waterfalls
After we moved into our small cabin, we got ready and wandered down the street. Our goal was to make our way to one of the big waterfalls in the park. It wouldn’t be easy. Another 20 kms were separating us from there. Since we still had no bikes or anything else that would take us there fast enough before the sun would set we tried to hitchhike our way down there. And we were successful. It only took three rides to get to the waterfalls.
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