The cliff and waterfall: "It was the height of a four-storey building - the kind of height I hate to stand upright near. To gauge the drop I had to crawl to the cliff edge on my belly, afraid that the sense of balance which allows me to stand on a chair would desert me and I would lunge drunkenly forward to my death.
- "On either side the cliff continued, eventually curving around into the sea, then unbroken, rejoining the land on the far side. It was as if a giant circle had been cut out of the island to enclose the lagoon in a wall of rock - just as Zepth had described. From where we sat, we could see that the sea-locked cliffs were no more than thirty metres thick, but a passing boat could never guess what lay beyond them. They would see a continuous jungle-topped coastline. The lagoon was presumably supplied by underwater caves and channels.
"The falls dropped into a pool from which a quick-flowing stream ran into the trees. the highest trees were more than equal to our height. If they'd been a little closer to the precipice we could have used them to get down - and getting down was the big problem. The drop was too sheer and too far to consider climbing." page 82
Khao Yai National Park
Khao Yai National Park covers an area of over 2000 square kilometers and the wildlife includes many endangered mammals such as elephants, gibbons, tigers, leopards and Malaysian sun bears.
FILM LOCATIONS: The movie was shot at Haeo Suwat Waterfall in Khao Yai national park, Nakhon Ratchasima, north east Thailand. The scene involved three members of the cast jumping from the top of the waterfall to the pool below. Click here for pictures from the set.
Movie Stills - Click here for stills from the movie which
shows scenes that were shot Khao Yai National Park.
Getting there and Away: From Bangkok take a bus from the Northern Bus Terminal to Pak Chong. From here you can take a songthaew to the park gates. The journey takes about three and a half hours.
The weather for Khao Yai National Park today
Links: The following are links for further information about this park. They include many beautiful photographs.
- Khao Yai national park - Thailand's best loved park
- Khao Yai national park - information and pictures
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