Koh (island) Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand
Khao Sok National Park, the oldest rainforest in the world, and its Chiaw Lan Lake.
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Guide Toy (who also provides expert leech removal) |
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the world's largest flower, Raffelesia (Bua Put to Thais) |
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...the sounds of the gibbons' calls, tarantula holes, wild blue mangoes (piaow!) |
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strange insects' nests |
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and Koh Yaow Noi