The River, the Monkey, the Elephant and the cruelness of Mother Nature

Yesterday was one of the most beautiful days of my life. Wilma and I when on a expedition to the Kao Sok national park. That consists of only jungle and rivers. On the way there we would also visit a cave temple where lots of monkeys live. So to feed the monkeys we went to buy peanuts and bananas on a local market. As some of you know I adore markets so I was awed with amazement of all the exoc fruits that were there and the way meat is stored in such a warm country like this. I bit disgusting but cool at the same time. We drove for an hour to the north and when we arrived at the temple we met the titties nun. Luckily I did not have to experience it but this nun seems to have a fetish for breasts. She is known to harass women by grabbing them by the tits. It was not our lucky day, unfortunately there were no monkeys at all!! So I took a look in the cave temple and saw a mummified monk and some nice buddha statues and we went on to a little restaurant where I ate banana pancakes. I got the tip that for western people it is not so good to eet three thai meals on a day. Ours stomachs could not bear it. Which I noticed my first day. After lunch I put on my shorty wetsuit and we walked down the road with inlated car tires. We arrived at a bridge descended to the river (this is really allready in the middle of the jungle!) and we floated down the river. The most beautiful thing I had ever seen, we floated between gigantic trees, beautiful flowers, fluits hanging ripe from the trees and liana hanging everywhere. It was magnificent. I have not the correct words to discribe this. In the middle of our trip we reached a little hole in the mountain where they hung a rope and you can swing yourself into the river, our guide anuwat was a real tarzan, he showed me how to best jump from that slippery slope. When the tour ended we were picked up by a pickup truck. (how typical :P) that drove us back to the town through palm oil-palms, and rubber-trees. After a change of clothes we went back to the monkey temple where luckily the monkeys were again. We fed them all a whole bag of peanuts and many bananas. Greedy little bastards... But they are very funny! There were allso three puppies that were the cutest ever, there was one that if I could, I would have taken him home immediately. Wilma fed then two bananas. It sky was getting a bit dim so we dicided to head back to Kao Lak. On our way back we saw two elephamts with riders on them. The elephants were working, but the men were so kind to come my way a bit and let the elephants do some tricks for me. A short but fun encounter. After we passed through the mountain it started to pour, well pour is an understatement, rain started to gush out of the skies. two steps outside would soke you through the bone. A thing that happened more often then I wanted.. We went for the most delicious meal in a little restaurant across the street from the Jerung Guest House where I am staying. Panang curry with ckicken and sweet banana in coconut milk.......... Prrr... wagging my tail. We truned in early because all the shopes closed because of the rain. So I worked a bit on my photos, tried to watch a movie but fell asleep instantly. This morning a woke up from someone banging at my door. It was Wilma, she was a bit out of sorts. Apparently the whole street was flooded for over a meter high this night. The car had been filled with water and floated 30 meters, to the other side of the guest house. I had to make pictures with my camera for the insurance office. All the houses had severe water damage and a lot of ground just washed away.. Oops... a bit more dangerous then I thought. Luckily the rain stopped and most of the water is gone allready. I just have to see how I will get to phuket to get my plane. I think all will be ok. But I'll keep you posted. I just experienced my own natural disaster. Cruel mother nature, the remains of the tsunami disaster are still visible and then this happens just when people invested a lot of money in their new businesses. I also just heard that the forecast says three more days of this kind of rain... Hope and pray for better days...