The main attraction is the waterfall, which isn't as impressive as Erawan. It's the dry season here, so I imagine it would be a lot more impressive during the monsoons. Still, I'm glad to add another national park to my stamp book!
We took a walk up a trail in the park to try to get away from the crowds. Sai Yok is pretty big, and the signs said that there are tigers there, though I'm sure they don't go anywhere near where people are. They probably stay way out deep in the jungle.
Sai Yok is pretty, but where we were at the visitor's center wasn't all that impressive. Some day I hope that I can take a safari, or even a night safari in one of the national parks!
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| trees! |
Once we got away from the crowds, Sai Yok was really pretty! We found a little forest shrine just past the ranger's station, and we took a walk along a small back trail to where the train track leads into Nam Tok Station.
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| forest shrine |
It's great to head out to the provinces during the winter; the air was cooler and drier, and the clouds along the mountains offered beautiful rugged views as we headed along the railroad tracks to a rail memorial at the park.
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| western mountains |
At the end of the rail, one of the original trains that ran along the Death Railway sits rusting away, covered in flower garlands in tribute to those who died.
And just past it was a shrine at the park dedicated to the lives lost during the construction of the Burmese Death Railway during World War II (Bridge on the River Kwai).
Here, Nam Tok Station, is the final stop on the railway that is currently running. We were quite close to the border with Burma at this point.
And as always, I got my national park stamp!
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