Sleeping With the Elephants: an Unforgettable Camping Trip in Thailand
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I got to the campsite and was pleasantly surprised by the lack of marked or prefabricated plots. My colleague told me that she had rented a tent and two sleeping pads for ten dollars and was told she could set up our site wherever she liked as long as it was still within sight of the small ranger office. This was better than some of the wired, concrete lots that were claimed as camping spots back home. It was 10am, the sun was out and I was eager to enjoy as much of the weekend as possible, so I dropped my bags and we headed for the nearest waterfall hiking trail.
My traveling companion and I didn’t realize the trail we picked led to a waterfall that was used to film a scene in the country’s favorite western film The Beach, but by the time we finished the humid jungle hike, we were a little too preoccupied to care. At the time I may have considered myself an experienced outdoorsman, but I didn’t realize how limited my expertise truly was.
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