My Hungarian friends invited me to their autumn holiday - and since I don't have a driving licence, and also had no plans (remember, I've just got here), I accepted this invitation. We left Saraburi and we drove 5 hours to arrive at Hua Hin. On the first couple of days, we really didn't do anything - just lying on the beach, walking up and down in town, eating and sleeping a lot. It was necessary, as I was quite knackered from school, to be honest. (I love my job, but it's a challenge sometimes, so it's nice to switch off. :-) )
On Tuesday, we started to make little trips. First, we went to the 'Monkey Hill', where I didn't take many pictures, as this hill is inhabited by wild monkeys - even one of them, as I was trying to put my camera into my bagpack, heard the noise and wanted to look into it if I had some foods for him. Here are some pictures though, from the safe area:
Buddha... Buddha everywhere...
There is a crack in everything. That's where the light gets in (Edward Cohen)
The following day we went to Sam Roi National park, where we visited the Phraya Nakhon Cave. The entrance fee is unbelivably high: 200 bahts for a non-Thai (40B for a Thai citizen, just to compare..), but it's well worth the price (2000 Fts approximately for a 4+ kms hike). We saw these beautiful landscapes:
Rice fields from the car (on the road)
The hike was way less demanding than the one to Krok E Dok waterfall, but I needed my strength that I collected from the Andes :-) It was countless steep steps up and down. First, we needed to climb up a mountain and climb down the other side where we arrived at a deserted beach (well, in pre-corona times, probably less deserted than now). The beach was stunning! It even had a camping place! (which I would have liked to try out but I would have been dead-scared from snakes and other living creatures). Anyway... it was that typical sandy beach, covered with coconut palmtrees. Then, the hike continued with climbing yet another hill with even more steps (way more slippery ones than before). Now that other hill was made out of limestone and the cave itself had a lot of stalagmites and stalactites! It was amazing though that in the main cave, there were those typical limestone statues - however, all the forms I saw as if they were elephants! Really stunning!
Stunning view from the viewpoint - note the canopy of trees as a fluffy carpet!
Steep and slippery...
These are the elephants that are the guardians of....
However, the main attraction of the cave was a pagoda, that was erected for Buddha again.
I sped up in order to have a couple of meditative minutes before my friends had arrived too so that I could enjoy nature as itself. Believe me, I heard the Earth's heartbeat pounding right under my feet and as if someone was breathing next to me! It has been a magical and spiritual moment for me!
The first glimpse of the wat
In full view. Honestly, I didn't dare to go closer. It already felt that I'm intruding nature too much.
Again: Edward Cohen came to my mind.
There is a crack in everything. That's where the light gets in. <3
I can't express it with words how magically touched I felt this moment. I feel like... South America opened up my body, whereas here, my soul is getting opened up. It feels good! I needed this trip and I needed to go and wander up and down around the jungle, too. Here are some more pictures about different flora and fauna:
I can't wait to explore more about this magical country! :-)
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