This past Saturday we made the trek to the Khao Yai National Park, which is the oldest such park in Thailand. This park was amazing and spans 2,168 sq. km and encompasses four different provinces. We arrived at the park and then drove to the first outlook area because much of the park is on a mountain. At the lookout, we saw monkeys everywhere and saw that people were feeding them, so we joined in. I had a bag of Trix Cereal and soon discovered that Trix are not only for kids, but monkeys love them too. These monkeys were not very healthy eaters because they were eating Cheetos,Trix, and other food that people could do without. After we fed the monkeys, we continued up the mountain to our next stop which was one of the waterfalls at the park. It was not the big one, but it was a great site to see after being in the city for three weeks. After this stop, we continued to the top, but our view was hampered by the hazy weather. At the top was a radar station and there were military types up there, but they were guarding the road which was blocked off because apparently there were dignitaries playing golf down the road. I told Jon and Kristi that we should have a contest to see who could get the farthest down the road before getting shot, but in hindsight, it was a pretty childish idea,so we didn't do it. At the park there are bat caves that are supposedly supposed to contain (say that ten times fast) about 1 million bats, but we did not make it there. However, on the way home,we stopped by a steakhouse and I was in Heaven because the food was good, but the portions were not what I would have liked. Anyway, it was a great time away from the city! If you want to see more info. onthe park go to these sites! http://www.thaiparks123.com/en/nationalpark.cfm?parkid=17
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