Traveling to Thailand I wanted to do something fun and adventurous beside chilling on the beach and eating Pad Thai.
I decided to sign up for the hardest hike I could find on Koh Chang island. Unfortunatly I was the only signed up, so the guides told me to go with them the next day when they will ascend the tallest peak on the island. I was ok with that even knowing that Khao Salak Phet will not going to be such a big challenge.
Well, next day with another 13 people, the tour started, but before Tan the guide explained that this is the first time a group will go up the real tallest peak of the island, Khao Chang Yai which means Big Elephant Mountain. So basically we started a very long approach, and people were not too happy, they were tired, the trek got steep and hard.er then everybody expected. I personally loved it! Definitely not for the average tourist.
Took us over 5 hours to get to the top of the mountain, and that time I knew we will end up in dark walking out of the jungle.
At the end most of the people were complaining that they had to walk over 10h in the jungle with very small reward. Well, we climbed the tallest peak, nothing to complain about :D