Namtok Chet Sao Noi National Park, Muak Lek, Saraburi, Thailand
N 14° 43.553 E 101° 11.346
47P E 735692 N 1629152
This stone octagonal building (guard house), is at the entrance to the Namtok Chet Sao Noi National Park.
Waymark Code: WMV58K
Location: Thailand
Date Posted: 02/26/2017
Views: 2
Namtok Chet Sao Noi National Park gets its name from the seven 'waterfalls', or cascades on the beautiful nearby river. Legend has it that seven sisters drowned in one of the pools. While the river only drops a metre (3 metres on the highest) for most of the cascades, in monsoon time there is a huge flow of water that has eroded the lower side of each cascade so that it is hard to touch the bottom.
This building is the Park Rangers 'guard house', tho they, and the 'Life Savers' are usually patrolling the grounds to make that all are safe, and the grounds are spotless.
The octagonal building is made of cemented local stones, with one door, and windows on four of the remaining seven sides. (All those are facing the road and market place). The roof is clay tiles. There does not appear to be any luxury in there, and no electricity.
I would think that outside of school holidays that this place would be a far bit quieter than when I was here in December. So that the Ranger could sit inside, and with the multiple louvered windows facing appropriate directions, could readily drop what they doing/reading, and come out to assist any visitors to the National Park that looked like that they needed assistance.
I ended up cycling past here multiple times, while making sure that all was set for an event that I come to Thailand to volunteer for, the following week.
This is about 10 kilometres north of the regional town Muak Lek, in the Province of Saraburi, 'central' Thailand. It is about 1½ hours drive north of Bangkok. [A lot longer if you come like I did - by bus, motorbike 'taxi', and pushbike!]
Visited: 1130, Thursday, 10 December, 2015
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