15 km Solo Hike in Elephant Territory
This Is Where The Adventure Starts we will track up to the Buddha's footprint uh this definitely looks like elephant dong it seems like we're not alone here all right all right guys all right all right guys welcome to another video I'm just outside chanbury and um we're going on an adventure today I'm just getting some petrol here because we're going into the mountains and when you go into the mountains you need to be ready because there might not be any petrol stations W and the Sun is very bright but we're going on an adventure let's go oh okay okay thank you c car okay for you for you changes for you okay thank you let's go yeah I really love how respectful Ty people are they're always super super friendly I love it um it's really um nice to do business with them and always so respectful I like it and in preparation for this adventure I went for my first ever authentic Tha massage and I went right there last night somewhere flow massage it was called uh it was my first ever Tha massage experience and it was a bit strange there was no oil or barely any oil and it was more like uh applying pressure and different points and yeah it was my first ever massage like this but I hope it um made me ready or it prepared me well for what is about to come all right guys we made it to the starting point this is where The Adventure Starts we will track up to the Buddha's footprint and on all Trails this hike is called sou pluang Reservoir because we're right next to a man- main reservoir you will see it in a minute and a little bit of details 12.7 km in length 6.5 up 6.5 down uh and then 1038 M of elevation gain and I can tell you in 6 point well 3 4 five uh kilomet 1,000 met elevation gain is quite a lot so it will be pretty steep and um yeah we're going to visit footprint which is similar to what I did in Sri Lanka I went to the SRI or the Adams Peak there which was 10,000 steps to get up I think this one will be a little bit easier but still is it's um qualified as hard here on all Trails uh and they say it will take about 5 hours and 52 minutes and um yeah it's actually 1:00 already so I'm pretty late but you already know if you've been watching my videos for a while I'm very bad at time management um the the good thing is I I slept really nicely but a little bit too long yeah and we're in the cakut national park and on the way here I could see the mountains and all the green nature it looks really beautiful that's what I can tell you so yeah let's get started yeah so as you can see we're right next to the reservoir it's man-made obviously because you can see the huge wall here but once we get higher up there we will have a beautiful view over the reservoir that's what we're aiming for at least and um I have a mix of um sun block on my arms and legs and also mosquito repellent I don't know how much it will be necessary but now we're not in the jungle yet but later I'm sure we will be a little bit more in the jungle we have a beautiful Road for now but not sure how long this road will last let's go and here we have our first glimpse of the plong reservoir wow it looks stunning stunning beautiful ooh I feel like the water level is pretty low you can see it could be much higher as well oh and we're surrounded by mountains look at this I'm assuming we're going somewhere on top of those mountains and look at this this is the elevation profile so we still have a long way to go a long way to go and I'm sweating buckets already and we haven't even properly started yet wow wow even though it's man-made it's still beautiful still gorgeous look at this and up there once we're up in the mountains we will have a even more beautiful view I think so look what we have here that definitely looks like from a huge animal and I can only imagine which animal that could be an elephant so it seems like we're not alone here um yeah I'm slightly worried now even though well I saw already a wild elephant a few days ago here in Thailand so they're def oh no well I think they don't move that much during the day I think mostly they're active during sunset so I'll just keep moving and uh yeah hopefully we don't run into one because uh that might be very dangerous well guys I don't know about you but this definitely looks like what I saw down there uh this definitely looks like elephant dong or elephant poop look at this wow look at this I'm slightly worried now well I don't think an elephant would just attack but uh elephants are extremely smart they might be hiding somewhere right there and you don't even know they might be like 3 MERS away you don't even know oh I see some uh scooter there so I'm not alone here this is the first uh human that I see so I'm a little bit less worried now but damn if you're walking no way that you can out run an elephant you know I don't know what you should do like what can you do look at this guys there's even more 100% sure there are elephants here more than one probably and look at that view that's amazing there seems to be like a temple there that might be where we're going actually there's a high chance but I think we're going even more up probably all the way on top of the mountain almost but it looks gorgeous here wow so impressed with the nature here in Thailand I mean I've seen a lot of countries a lot of beautiful nature but Thailand what so and that's number three and it looks more fresh than the others you can clearly see here the grass and the bushes are completely flat which really feels to me like there was an elephant there look you can even even the pot that it took because the lake is right there so I'm sure that's where the elephants drink look at this what is this looks like some kind of Chimney not sure what they're burning here or what they used to burn there's a little settlement here as well well this one house I think two cars three cars [Applause] let's see if I can ask him about the elephants do you know if there are any elephants here me yes one one only oh where here or there I go to Budd is it safe for me to go there yeah okay okay okay C on c c on more Cup this way no this way okay okay thank you thank you y huh thank you thank you okay okay I don't know what they're saying but I think they said there's one elephant and I asked is it safe for me to go up there and they say yes so that's all I need to her if the local say it's safe I feel safe oh and finally some shade so much sweat and just in case you were wondering well probably you were not wondering but in case you were wondering I brought about 3 L of water and half liter of Coca-Cola and this is the map that we have here so that's where we are right now I don't know what the name is I think it's a chimney there's a waterfall apparently as well wow so basically that's where we're going Buddha's footprint that's where I'm going but uh basically you could have taken your vehicle up until here instead of walking already almost 4 km like I did uh but then it's not so fun anymore right cuz um this is mostly a pilgrimage similar to the one in Sri Lanka where people also track up to the uh three which is a big Temple very very sacred temple in Sri Lanka on one of the highest peaks there uh where Buddha's footprint was also found so this is a bit similar let's go wow now it's for real before I was walking mostly on a road that you can do with a car but this one you can do with a car only humans or maybe with a mountain bike if you're courageous oh and it's much cooler here as well and I hear some water running so maybe we will see see that waterfall woo s you doing socks socks not painful painful okay okay oh she's tracking on socks Saud C oh another another on here hello yeah similar to Sri Lanka this is a pilgrimage so a lot of people do this as a pilgrimage not just for fun like I'm doing they really do it for religious purposes you can see already there's a shrine there as well I'm sure we will see plenty on the way to the top but the good thing is I feel much safer now not being alone here because seeing those elephant poop and yeah that worries me you know if you're alone in the jungle of Thailand but now I'm not alone anymore it's full of big ants here so I'm not going to break too long just a little drink here cold drink with um some rehydration salts in it oh so more sweat I'm being eaten alive here by mosquitoes even though I use mosquito repellent already definitely need more and a lot and strong one ah that tastes in my mouth tropical spray I don't think they will attack now maybe I should spray my GoPro as well just a little bit [Music] [Laughter] let's have a bit of power food homemade sandwich with mustard cheese and ham maybe that will uh give me some new energy H is it still far yeah um I think 60% 60% only yes 60% from here from here 50% me three three k yeah it's still a while ah yeah only yeah probably like 60 yeah I think you're right 50 50 no no no no 6 yeah okay okay thank you [Laughter] what kind of insects are those so noisy [Music] listen wow what's that what is that so loud W what is that so loud it's amazing sweat all sweat hello sorry sorry sorry good good yes wow as you can see this is the reason that Temple is here this big rock here wow it smells so good here they're definitely cooking up some chicken here chicken chicken onions some fried vegetables oo wow it smells so good here and I have a sandwich that's all this is the view we got it's not an open view but still you can see how deep it goes down there let's see what's going on here oh there's some stairs there and this is the big rock wow it's really big oh and you can camp here actually there's a campsite here campside with lots of Buddha statues wow so many all kinds of Buddha statues I don't know if I'm allowed to go in up there probably some people chilling here oh there's a lot of people here wow so many people here wow I didn't expect this where did all these people come from wow look at the view here beautiful view look at this it's a little bit hazy but you can see all the way through the valley oh and there you have the so many people all here for [Music] praying got the amount of water in my shoes I think there must be a shorter way to get here as well no way that all these people here you made it oh I need to leave it there oh how how much can I see I need to I can see there okay I think I need to attach it somewhere there there okay give me like a little booklet with papers I don't know if I should write something on and I don't know if I should leave a donation honestly because there are some like spots for donation hello what should I do with this have no idea what's going on here do you speak English yeah what should I do with this uh to at the The Rock on the Rock oh on the rock yeah you you see that the people are there yeah so I just push against The Rock and it will stick to the Rock stick to the Rock okay okay how does it work they're donating money here you can see these little um Le they put some money in there hello I really have no idea how this works you can see people they push all kind this see the cors are against even how do how does it work okay you stick stick to the RO like this like this like no no inside inside there's gold inside yeah inside you have to I have to open it okay is it for for good luck for good luck they call elephant rock okay okay wait I'll just leave a small donation here [Music] okay yeah I also took my shoes off because I thought in the temple it's not allowed to wear shoes should be some coming very short yeah mine is a little bit short but it's okay that's fine demand fine you it's hot country yes it's so hot see you you see you keep walking full up there elepant robly for you maybe half hour and you go to the end you can see like Buist everything there oh and why why do they carry him huh why do they carry because why do do they carry some people they old people there they got the problem with their help or they just got KNE problem they pay for that oh they pay for that it's a porter porter yeah this a carrier for people around here 800 B 800 for 200 200 B each oh really so is you yeah older people they want to come here to play so they can come as well yeah and also make people local people get some more money for oh yeah good for the economy the local economy yeah yeah that's I don't know if I will go up there because honestly I have to go back the same way it's like 2 or 3 hours and it will be dark otherwise you want to go back that way yes yes yes because my bike I have a bike down there always say good because they said after 4:00 you know they just worry about the animals come out from the from the W yeah I know there's elephants I saw a wild elephant two days ago where uh in rayong you know rayong oh yeah yeah yeah I was in the a little bit in the jungle but on the street there was a wild elephant there so and I know there's one here as somebody told me yes so I I don't want to stay too long here so I can make it back on time okay you remember how to get back right yeah yeah I have my navigation here okay nice to meet you and good luck what's your name uh my name is Tong Tong I'm Tim Tim nice to meet you and enjoy having a good time thank you thank you you too you too Tong what a legend he explain me a little bit about what's going on here so basically there's a pot also about 1 kilm away that you can follow and uh people seem to be surprised from the part that I took because not a lot of people take that part you can see it you know they're not really dressed for adventure not like me so uh and he said um he's also worried about the animals coming out around 4:00 so I need to make my way back because apparently you can make your way up there about 30 minutes he said and there's another nice spot that you can see there um but I will skip that because yeah I don't want to to encounter an elephant or a tiger or whatever Wildlife is here so yeah but uh this site is actually where the footprint of Buddha is and since 170 years already he told me uh people have been coming here so it's a little bit like a pilgrimage side but I didn't expect to see so many people here there's no worse feeling in the world than putting on wet socks again like there's literally no worse feeling than that but I don't have any spare socks and mine or drenched from sweat but I don't have another option all right time to get back down and um honestly I will rush it a bit because this guy said the wildlife comes out at 4:00 and it's now 5:00 so yeah but I don't have much options because my bike is down there so I have to take the same way down um but it's okay it's all good I'll rush it I have to be there before it gets dark which gives me like 1 hour and a half s I wonder what is there might be an open view of the reservoir that would be nice oh there's like a Viewpoint here oh a helot it's for a helicopter for rescue missions let's see what we can see here oh yeah look at that that's where I came from down there that's where I have to go back to hear I'm saying Fang that's me okay we have about 1 hour to get down [Music] there so we made it back to the river already 45 minutes it took me to get here but we still have at least half an hour to go to my bike minimum half hour probably an hour so let's keep going back at civilization well kind of we're back at the at the chimney where the official Trail starts basically but my bike is parked way down and uh that's where I saw all the the Elephant D so hopefully no elephants but um seems like there's still some people around here I'll make it to my bike in about 40 minutes I would say maybe an hour motorbike motor bike is down there oh motor bike motor bike yeah there there there yes yes yes what what is this for electricity this one looks like they're making electricity here for the water but there's no Damo though but this is how you get electricity from water okay yeah I went up come down yeah yes is yeah now my motorbike motor bike okay let's have one last view of the beautiful Lake see you next time we made it back finally it is now 6:30 um the hike took me about 5 hours and a half 15 k K in total and uh I think I've never sweated so much in my life like really my whole pants is still drenched my t-shirt is drenched my socks are drenched my shoes are drenched but overall overall it was a good day I really enjoyed it um I wish there were a little bit more open views of the lake yeah from here you can't see it but from up there from up there it would have been nice that you can see through the jungles sometimes a lake or something you know some kind of viewpoints that would have been cool and uh maybe if we would have spotted an elepant that would have been cool as well but not from up close but uh overall I really enjoyed the hike uh so if you want to do this as well you can uh find the details on all Trails or on my Strava for example if you follow me on straa which is Tim 10 uh on all Trails you can find it you can take two routes actually to um to the peak so it's up to you but uh it was a good day it was a good day so yeah now 30 minutes driving to my hotel I will get a shower and a pizza probably because I don't know for some reason when I'm exhausted I always crave Western food so probably I will get a pizza but uh I want to thank you all for watching and uh yeah you already know if you're still watching you're a legend legend w guys what's going on here there's like a huge fire I don't know what they're doing here I think they're burning the the bad crops or something but it's really huge the fire wow I've never seen such a fire I think in my life damn all that orange light that you see there that's a fire I think from here you can have a good look look at this you hear even like look at this wow that's really impressive and maybe not so safe uh I don't know if they're not scared of wildfires or something but okay
2024-05-28 09:33
