Saturday 06/02/10

We were met by Phil Collett and Ivan Hollis (both members of Shepton Mallet Caving Club) at Bangkok Airport and together with Phil, we drove 410km up to Lom Sak. The warm journey was broken up with a short stop to visit the monkeys at Thep Bamrung Cave, near Wichian Buri and to eat our first proper Thai meal of BBQ’d chicken. We then headed up to Lom Sak, where Martin Ellis (also SMCC) and Yuphin live and where we were to stay for two nights before heading off for some exploration. We spent the evening in Yuphin’s bar, drinking beer and eating some delicious food and Em was very surprised when a birthday cake appeared!