Dirty and smelling

hello
How are you all? i have just done my week of trekking and camping, just thought i would tell you all about it! I normally write my diary and then write this but i haven't done that yet so i am telling you from memory.

We set off on Monday to Phutoei National Park it took about 4 hours to get there. We stopped off on the way at Tesco Supermarket (i have tried to avoid it) to buy som goodies for the trip. The Tescos here are huge and this one had a KFC. Shamefully myself and Sandra could not resist after our three weeks solid of Thai food, but it tasted sooo good! We arived at the National Park in time to put our tents up and have our evening meal, have a wash and get into bed! I am quite suprised how much i enjoyed the camping and also how much i am turning into an outdoor person too.

Tuesday we made our way into the National Park to begin our trek, three hours lond and it is normally done over two days but we did the full three hours in one go. There are meant to be alot of Wildlife in the park including tigers, but i did not see anything, partly because i was always watching where i was putting my feet and if i was not watching my feet i was watching for things i could walk into with my head. On the trek we came to three waterfalls which we had to climb, one of them about 8-metres without using any equipment, just my hands and feet. Quite a scary thought but such a good feeling once at the top. The jungle is very dry at the moment and there are alot of bush fires, we kept having to change direction because of this and at one point we had to walk through it. After this we then walked into the path of some angry looking Buffalos and had to change direction again-all good for the adrenaline rush.

Tuesday evening we set up camp at an orchid farm and it actually rained. Spent the evening playing cards and draughts, then had an early night. The next morning we trekked to some local caves, i managed to get over my claustrophobia and went inside, really good with some amazing stalagnites and stalatites (think that is how you spell it, i wish i had wrote my journal first so i could clarify this). It was so dark and i thought that they would not photograph well but they did, got some brilliant pictures. We went into three caves altogether. After lunch we moved on to another national park and camped on a raft close by to a lake, lovely view and i slept like a log. However actually getting there was a filthy business, another four hours in the truck on dusty roads we were covered from head to toe in dust and it was in my hair, ( i am starting to look more and more like stig of the dump each day). Worst of all there weren't any washing facilities, but the guide took us to a local village and they let us use there communal bathroom (a pipe and a bowl, very functional though).

Thursday morning we set of for a homestay, again down the dusty roads, so more filth and in the same clothes as yesterday as i didn't see the point of putting clean ones on, so now smelling bad as well. The homestay was great although i did not sleep very well that night, think i was missing the openess and airyness of the tent. Just did a lot of chilling here and then set off the nest day for a hotel.

I am currently back at the eco house in Singburi but move on to Koh Samet on Monday for a bit of time on the beach.