The day started early at 8am for the mountains. I was incredibly hungry so we stopped by a street food spot which served some wicked pork concoction with rice. The rice dish and two small servings of the local soup for only 30 baht (1 dollarish) I love it!
Once arriving at the resort by the mountains we booked a room and ran into a random english person that is teaching english close by. Our driver took us to the start of the jungle mountain trail where the army trains and runs the nature reserve there. The wildlife started at the bathroom when I turned around and was introduced to a decently sized spider.
The trail we started leads all the way up to a mountain that's lined with waterfalls along the way. During the hike we ran into a good bit of trees with ribbons around them. In thailand whenever you see a tree with ribbons around it it means at one point or another a ghost/spirit was seen occupying the tree. It's very common to see random trees in Thailand with ribbons around them almost anywhere scattered about.
The biggest tree we ran into had some ribbons on it.
One tree we ran into had such a spiritual energy to it that a temple was even placed on it. This happens when the ghost/spirit has been observed multiple time by different people and the presence is strong.
The rest of the hike was spent eating chinese food while hopping along the many water falls that lined the mountain. The water was amazing cold and refreshing considering the heat was blisteringly scorching. Almost every water fall we dove into felt so good leaving didn't seem like a concept.
Before we left Rick decided to stack some rocks for the next visitors. I forgot where the tradition/ideaology of the rocks came from but it looks interesting to see such a coordinated structure out in the wilderness.
After the trail we hitched a ride with some locals back to the hotel to get ready for the rest of the day.
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