Coup d'etat
9/20/2006
Scott had an interesting piece of news for us at breakfast this morning. Apparently the Thai military had staged a military coup to depose the prime minister earlier that day. We were told that it was peaceful and welcomed by the king. The Thai people seem to have unconditional love for their king, so it seems that they would support anything the king supports. Scott had all of us call our parents on his international cell phone to assure them that we would be safe since it was not violent and since we would just be out in the jungle for the next 3 days.
After drybagging all of our gear, we began adventure with a calm raft ride down the river through canyons and the jungle. It was somewhat repetitive, but it was impressive to see how untouched the terrain was. After lunch, we trekked for about 3 hours to the camp site. I learned that the difference between hiking and trekking is that hiking is a one day event during which you end at the starting point, while trekking is a multi-day event during which you sleep in different places before reaching your destination. The first half of today's trekking was uphill and thus very good exercise. I was surprised that there was very little wildlife. However, I was pretty happy that I didn't see any snakes. After reaching the camping spot, we went swimming in a river and then had dinner and just hung out for the night.
Scott had an interesting piece of news for us at breakfast this morning. Apparently the Thai military had staged a military coup to depose the prime minister earlier that day. We were told that it was peaceful and welcomed by the king. The Thai people seem to have unconditional love for their king, so it seems that they would support anything the king supports. Scott had all of us call our parents on his international cell phone to assure them that we would be safe since it was not violent and since we would just be out in the jungle for the next 3 days.
After drybagging all of our gear, we began adventure with a calm raft ride down the river through canyons and the jungle. It was somewhat repetitive, but it was impressive to see how untouched the terrain was. After lunch, we trekked for about 3 hours to the camp site. I learned that the difference between hiking and trekking is that hiking is a one day event during which you end at the starting point, while trekking is a multi-day event during which you sleep in different places before reaching your destination. The first half of today's trekking was uphill and thus very good exercise. I was surprised that there was very little wildlife. However, I was pretty happy that I didn't see any snakes. After reaching the camping spot, we went swimming in a river and then had dinner and just hung out for the night.
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