The next day we had our hopes set on seeing some waterfalls!! We took a long look at the map over breakfast and set off on our way to the Namuang Waterfalls Park. A slight annoying drizzle greeted us as we pulled out of the resort that quickly turned into a torrential downpour only a couple of miles down the road! "Oooh yea," I thought...."It's monsoon season!" We quickly realized there was no safe or easy way to ride a motorbike in the rain. Sunglasses off...the rain pelting you in the eyes prevents you from seeing. Sunglasses on...the already dark skies are even darker, and you've just given the raindrops a place to stop and stay a while. We need a pair of glasses equppied with winshield wipers like A.C. Slater rocked in Saved by the Bell! After a brief stop, we trekked on and the rain finally subsided. We somehow made it to our destination in one piece!
Upon arrival we had to choose between two paths. We wanted to get to the top of the waterfall and look out over it. So we chose the route that headed upwards. It quickly turned into a jungle path, slick with mud from the recent monsoon.
We came up on a little shack directly on the path with a little Thai man, alone and tending his fire. He said something in Thai, gave us a quizical look and motioned us through.
We quickly understood the quizical look. After using ropes to help ourselves up the slippery incline in flip flops, we found ourselves at the bottom of an even more slick slab of rock. One failed attempt to climb it, and we decided we must be in the wrong place and headed back the way we had come.
Once back at the fork, we realized the water fall was just a quick stroll and a few bamboo bridges away...
We then hopped back on the bikes and headed over to the other waterfall for another photo-op.
Due to the ominous clouds we watched rolling in, we thought it would be best to call it a day and head back to the hotel to get showered up for dinner. Not without getting caught in another monsoon of course!
After a failed attempt at going to a famous restaurant we had found in the Koh Samui Dining Guide, we ended up back at our favorite the Red Snapper for our last meal and wine in Koh Samui!
Bye Bye Koh Samui...You were good to us!
Upon arrival we had to choose between two paths. We wanted to get to the top of the waterfall and look out over it. So we chose the route that headed upwards. It quickly turned into a jungle path, slick with mud from the recent monsoon.
We quickly understood the quizical look. After using ropes to help ourselves up the slippery incline in flip flops, we found ourselves at the bottom of an even more slick slab of rock. One failed attempt to climb it, and we decided we must be in the wrong place and headed back the way we had come.
Once back at the fork, we realized the water fall was just a quick stroll and a few bamboo bridges away...
We then hopped back on the bikes and headed over to the other waterfall for another photo-op.
Due to the ominous clouds we watched rolling in, we thought it would be best to call it a day and head back to the hotel to get showered up for dinner. Not without getting caught in another monsoon of course!
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| Ready for the storm... |
Bye Bye Koh Samui...You were good to us!
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