Tuesday 12th February 2008

When we were up and ready this morning we went down for some breakfast before going on a bigger trek through the National Park. We grabbed a map from the visitor centre and set off. Depending on how far you're willing to walk, there's a chance you can see wild birds, monkeys, elephants... and even tigers! Plus, they've got the biggest flower in the world in there somewhere!

The sun was really strong today and even though the trees provided shade it was pretty stuffy - but it didn't matter, the National Park was beautiful, with some lovely waterfalls and swimming holes. This afternoon we stopped at one of the waterfalls and ate some sandwiches that our guest house had prepared. In total we walked for 9kms and it was pretty hard going at times (because of all the hills) - but we felt pretty good afterwards. We came back to the guest house and after having showers, Nikki crashed out and slept for a couple of hours.

This evening, after Nikki had woken up and we'd had showers, we sat around chilling out and then went for some food in the guest house restaurant. Afterwards we went back to the reggae bar for some more beers. When we decided to call it a night, we came back to our room only to be greeted by the biggest winged insect we have EVER seen - it was like a flying cat or something. The thing was going crazy and when we tried to duck into our room it managed to get in. I tried telling Nikki that it had gone, but she was way too clever and made me find it and get rid of it. There was no way I was catching it (it would have easily overpowered me) - so I tried to flicked it away with my towel. After about 10 minutes, the stupid thing decided enough was enough and flew away... probably waiting for the next door neighbours to return home.

Sadly, we didn't see any tigers... or luckily - seeing as their wild!