We were off to Pha Tad Waterfall in Sai Yok National Park. It took about an hour to ride there. The ride started out fairly tame, with only very small rolling hills and some small villages to ride through to hold our interest. Great scenery too. But as we biked farther on, the hills got bigger and bigger. One of them was so huge, I couldn’t believe it. I tried as hard as I could, but I just couldn’t make it all the way up. We all ended up pushing our bicycles up the hill. If this sounds wimpy, then maybe you don’t understand the true scale of this hill!

When we got to the National Park, we were all quite sweaty and ready to cool off. We hiked about ten minutes to the waterfall. When we got there, my jaw dropped. This was definitely the most beautiful waterfall I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot of waterfalls. It was actually about 100 small waterfalls all cascading together to form one huge and interesting falls. Under some of the falls were small pools, perfect for dipping! There were quite a few people, mostly families, visiting the falls. Most were local people, and we didn’t see many foreigners besides ourselves. A bunch of us swam in the lower pools, then a couple of us climbed up to higher pools for more swimming. The whole falls was maybe 200 feet high. We didn’t hike all the way up, but there we some folks up that high.

After swimming, our guides made us a fabulous lunch, before we had to get back on our bicycles. The huge hill we had to go up was now one we had to go DOWN. As I rushed down smiling and hair flying, I tried not to think about what would happen if I hit a rock. Luckily, everyone kept the speeds down and nobody got hurt. After the hill, we headed in a different direction than what we came and biked for about an hour on flat ground. We went through numerous small villages where we got many "hellos" and waves. You could tell that some of the Thai folks thought we were a strange sight, as they do not do this sort of activity themselves. Glad we could entertain. This second biking portion of our day ended at Hat Daed Hot Springs. We were too warm to want to try the hot springs, but there were some folks in there. We relaxed a bit and then were picked up by our support vehicles to go back to Thong Pha Pom.