Family of Whales on land!

in #travel7 years ago

Yes you read it right. Hi all I'm Peter. I Work as a TV host on a travel / adventure show called " Ride With Me " People who follow the show calls me Peter Jo ( cause there are 2 of us named Peter... long story trust me, ok back to the post... ) First of all I'm truly blessed to have a job where I get to travel, ride various motorcycles and enjoy these amazing destinations. Im here, cause I feel like I want to share my experiences, with like minded travel enthusiasts, and people who like to ride amazing motorcycles.

This is actually my first post ever so please bear with me.

Ok you must all be confused with the title, but that is actually what this amazing unseen cliff in the Isaan region of Thailand is called. The 3 Whale rock is as of now a new and unseen tourist attraction that has recently been opened to the public.

This entire mountain is called Pu ( Mountain ) Singh ( Lion )... yea i know, but nevertheless this mountain has so much history to it. Ill stick with the Whales for this story, but as a little teaser there is also a train rock and a cave where hundreds of Thai communist fighters used to hide and fight with the Thai government when the communist ideology was spreading throughout South East Asia as a wildfire *dramatic pause.

Back to my whales!!! If you look closely the Thais describe the far right rock as the Father Whale, The middle one is the Mother Whale and to the far left the small one is the baby whale. While we were there the bamboo trees were covering up little baby whale.

This place is open to the public every day of the year, BUT there are a few warnings i must give you!

  1. If you want to go to this beautiful unseen destination, there are officials there to help you. There are locals with pickups who can take you to the different places on this magnificent mountain. This is a small income for locals also they know the way so you dont get lost.

  2. Even if it seems tempting the officials wont allow you to sleep on the mountain. This is a safety measure for you. (Apparently there are wild animals and KING COBRAS in the forest!!! (But dont worry there arent any at the sightseeing points, cause they tend to stay away). However there is a camping site at the bottom of the mountain, where the office is, where you can rent tents, but food/snacks and bathrooms with shower options.

  3. NO SAFETY RAILS! If you decide to walk to the edge of these rocks please please please be careful. The day we were there shooting Ride With Me, the wind was really strong and pushed and pulled from all directions! Since its a Mountain side i guess the wind gets hurled in all directions, so for safety reasons we were all told to sit down. The day prior our camera team went there to scout the location, and luckily the wind wasn't strong which lead to these amazing photos...

There are still more amazing destinations from this trip i was on and i will try and keep making posts in the future.


Thank you for reading this and feel free to comment and share...

Oh yea btw i promised the officials there that I would tell everyone that they have this volunteering program to plant trees, and help cut grass/weed so the new trees can grow as well. Its a great initiative to preserve nature which is a small step in right direction. There, done, kept my promise!

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oow good work thansk

Peter, brother. Welcome to the new world. Take your time and build yourself up here. Keep posting and you will build an audience. Takes time but believe me if you stay with it you will get really popular I upvoted and resteemed your post.

@rwmpeterjo, thanks for sharing.

I never knew about all these until you talked about them. Your pictures corroborated well with the story line.

Looking forward to seeing more value-packed post from you

Thank you. Im new to all this but im lucky to get to travel as my profession. There will definately be more articles in the near future :)

Thank you David for introducing me to this site.

What a fantastic article Peter. Great to see someone else in Thailand posting in English. You should also tag your posts with thai because there are a some Thai people o the site who can also read English.

Thanks will keep that in mind :)

Nice click @rwmpeterjo ,
I am also a photographer . . and new in this platform
Thanks for the post ..
I am following you . . #followback

I wish you to visit my blog once and if upvote this comment i will regularly comment . .
Happy steeming . .

Thank you :) i followed back and upvoted :)

Wow! Beautifull!
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Welcome to Steemit Peter. When I saw the title Whales On Land I thought you were referring to the Ducati. I live in Thailand, so going back to a Multistrada or a GS1200 would now probably feel like riding a whale, but the parks of Central and North Thailand are amazing.

They sure are, but the enduro is actually called "Angry Bird" cause if the head lights. If you ride be safe and maybe our paths will cross some day :)