Camping is always fun and a great way to get away from it all. This post will go over the basic vocabulary for camping, and give you a few tips along the way.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start with how you’ll get to the campground, for example Khao Yai National Park (\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e0d\u0e48<\/strong>). If you have a car, you can just drive all the way up. Otherwise it\u2019s a bit more tricky. You take a bus from Mor Chit Bus Terminal to Baak Chong (\u0e1b\u0e32\u0e01\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07<\/strong>) for ~3 hours, from there you hop onto a blue songtaew (\u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e41\u0e16\u0e27<\/strong>), the traditional Thai bus with two rows of seats in the back (song taew means ‘two rows’). Ride for another ~30 minutes then hop off at the front entrance of the park.<\/p>\n After that you’ll need to hitchhike (\u0e42\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e23\u0e16<\/strong>). It\u2019s almost 30km to the campsite, mostly unshaded road, so don’t think about walking it.<\/p>\n And if you’re a fairly seasoned camper, consider yourself a beginner – camping over in Thailand isn’t like back home as there are dangers you wouldn’t even consider.<\/p>\n As you know, Thailand has three seasons (\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39<\/strong>), and that should definitely factor into your trip plans. During the cold season (\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e32\u0e27<\/strong>) it can get fairly cold at night when up in the mountains, despite it being 90F during the day. During the rainy season (\u0e24\u0e39\u0e14\u0e39\u0e1d\u0e19<\/strong>), there are flash floods that drown people while hiking caves, the waterfalls become dangerous, and generally camping\/hiking in the rain sucks. For the dry season (\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19<\/strong>), that\u2019s when the starving forest animals develop a taste for human. And guides tell me they won’t go without a rifle just in case.<\/p>\n Now for the dangerous animals . . . be careful of elephants (\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07<\/strong>). I’ve never seen a wild elephant while hiking in Thailand before, but I do see elephant tracks and dung quite often. I’ve seen water-buffalo (\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e22<\/strong>), and you should avoid them like you avoid elephants. You might also see the slightly dangerous porcupine (\u0e40\u0e21\u0e49\u0e19<\/strong>). I wouldn’t have believed Thailand had any until I ran into one myself \u2013 I’m just waiting to see a giraffe . . . There are snakes (\u0e07\u0e39<\/strong>), but that should be a danger you’re accustomed to from your own country. As for the mosquitoes (\u0e22\u0e38\u0e07<\/strong>), a rare but still possible chance of catching dengue fever. Thailand no longer has crocodiles, but there are giant monitor lizards (\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e17\u0e2d\u0e07<\/strong>, \u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e35\u0e49\u0e22<\/strong>) which can be almost as big and almost as dangerous. You wouldn’t want to swim with them, but otherwise they’ll mostly leave you alone. I’ve heard some places have tigers (\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e2d<\/strong>), or at least tiger-like animals, but I’m betting they’ve mostly gone extinct in Thailand like the crocs.<\/p>\n vocabulary (\u0e04\u0e33\u0e28\u0e31\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e4c):<\/p>\n \u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e0d\u0e48\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Khao Yai National Park (literally, ‘big mountain’)<\/p>\n \u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e41\u0e16\u0e27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 songtaew (the two \u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07 row \u0e41\u0e16\u0e27 seat buses)<\/p>\n \u0e42\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e23\u0e16 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0hitchhike<\/p>\n \u0e24\u0e14\u0e39 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 season<\/p>\n \u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e32\u0e27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cold season<\/p>\n \u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e1d\u0e19 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 rainy season<\/p>\n \u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 hot (or dry) season<\/p>\n \u0e03\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 elephant<\/p>\n \u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e22 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 water-buffalo<\/p>\n \u0e40\u0e21\u0e49\u0e19 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 porcupine<\/p>\n \u0e07\u0e39 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0snake<\/p>\n \u0e22\u0e38\u0e07 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0mosquito<\/p>\n \u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e17\u0e2d\u0e07 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 malaysian monitor lizard (silver body, gold body)<\/p>\n \u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e35\u0e49\u0e22 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 malaysian monitor lizard (rude form)<\/p>\n \u0e40\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e2d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0tiger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Camping is always fun and a great way to get away from it all. 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