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BackpackingSouthEastAsia > BlakeMarc  > Other > The Gibbon Experience, Bokeo Province NW Laos (July 25- 27, 2005)
Very amazing experience but not at all what we were told we were getting into. "1hr hike" turned into 7hrs up and down mountains, through the mud, river crossings, etc. We were not given any warning that the tractor will not pick us up till we passed other pissed off people on their way out. We didn't even bring much water since it was supposed to only be 1hr. The 2 guides that met us 3 hours late didn't speak a word of english, just motioned us to follow them. One hour before reaching the treehouse things got worse! Pitchblack (nightime by now), rivercrossings, climbing steadily up muddy hills, through the jungle on narrow little paths, with lots of bugs! It was all totally worth it though. SO AMAZING!!! Keep in mind, our experience was during their first year and during their first rainy season. I am living in Chiang Mai, Thailand now so if you wanna come see me at my bamboo bar in the Old City, come to the Lost Hut.(Many Pics of the bar on this website also.) We can chat more about the Gibbon Experience. If you need directions to find the Lost Hut, gimme a call 087 184 5196 or email blakegeee@hotmail.com If you think you can find it, the bar is on the corner of Moon Muang Soi 1 and Moon Muang Soi 2. Moon Muang Soi 1 is a little lane running off of Moon Muang Rd just beside the big Mandalay disco. Finding the Lost Hut is always worth the search! All in all, I definately recommend the Gibbon Experience! Chiang Mai, Thailand now offers a couple copy-cat places known as "Flight of the Gibbon" and "Jungle Flight".
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BlakeMarc > Looking over the edge of treehouse #1
BlakeMarc > View across canopy from treehouse
BlakeMarc > The Gibbon Experience, Bokeo Province NW Laos (July 25- 27, 2005) photo
BlakeMarc > INCOMING!!! must have been a fast one...
BlakeMarc > HEADING TO NEXT LINE THRU STEEP JUNGLE.
BlakeMarc > These Strangler Fig Trees begin when a bird drops their seed in the canopy of another existing tree.  They very slowly grow roots down the tree till they reach the ground.  Once the roots reach the ground, it starts growing very quickly, and completely covers the original tree, and take over all the rooting.  The original tree dies and this one is all that is left to see.  It grows these curtain like bases near the ground, like the pics you have seen in Angkor Wat.  These trees are pretty amazing, you should look em up.
BlakeMarc > Dad and I got a little lost in the Jungle while searching on our own for the last treehouse.  Finally we came out to a cable platform, but it was above us so we had to pull ourselves uphill AT A STEEP ANGLE to get to the platform.  Once there, the platform was about chest height, and very difficult to pull upto when you are hanging from a cable.  As you are awkwardly pulling yourself up, you get an extra sense of the height you are dangling at, which makes it that much harder.
BlakeMarc > AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE GOT TO THE" I'M COOL LEVEL"--BUT BY DAY 2 YOU START LOOKING AROUND AND THINKING "IS THIS SMART?" ESPECIALY WHEN THROWING YOURSELF OUT AT 150 FT.OFF THE PLATFORM. WE BOTH HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS ---BUT CON'D ON --NATURALLY !!
BlakeMarc > wild dutch tree animal... hanging out in the treehouse.
Looking over the edge of treehouse #1
 > Looking over the edge of treehouse #1
Looking over the edge of treehouse #1
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