Like always, visiting Thailand for a fishing trip has become a yearly routine for me. Usually, I will go immediately after the rainy season....... However, what surprises me each time is the rate the jungle dries up. Look at the blazing jungle below....... this happens a lot.
During this recent trip, I had the chance to stay at this nice resort - Nakakri River Kwai Resort at Hin Dat and it was a complimentary stay extended to me from a Thai friend.... Thanks a lot chum!
This is as far as the dirt road goes for the 4X4 drive. The start of a very tiring trek into the jungle......
Not long into the jungle, we met some locals catching very small fish for their own consumption. Gosh! I crossed my fingers and hoped that the biggies in the deep jungle is still out of their reach......
And up we go.....
And then up and down, up and down, and .........
After many rest breaks, we finally reached our destination.......
It's a very small river indeed. But according to our local guide, he says the upper part of the river is bigger and deeper...... and many big fish is waiting for us..... Believe it or not every fishing guide says the same things.... Ha Ha Ha!
Look what Jakrit caught for himself???
A small Sebarau went after my spoon.... he he!
And caught a Thai Mahseer too.....
Our potter cum cook preparing a meal for us using whatever we caught and found from the jungle.....
Jungle flora and fauna - the food we found......
Tonight is a full moon night....
Due to the need to cross the river many times, it was a tedious and laborious job to clean my boots..... As such, I eventually decided to walk in my slippers only. This decision proofed to be costly. At one such crossing, my big toe and second toe was caught dragging a razor sharp bamboo leaf in between resulting in a big gash. It bled profusely and only stopped 30 minutes later with the use of tobacco wrap......
Aaargh.....! My journey ends here..........
So that's it for me. We put up tent here for the night, enjoyed a nice meal and prepared to head home the next day.....
A local making Tom Yum soup with Mahseer,.....
SAWADEE KRAP!! ขอบคุณมาก!
