Early morning view

Cheow Lan Lake, Thailand. This is a view from our floating tent. Cheow Lan Lake,or Rajjaprabha Dam Reservoir is the Guilin of Thailand, deep in the Jungle where we camped in a floating tent, (to be safe from animals at night), is located in Khao Sok National Park in Surat Thani Province, Thailand. It is an 165-square-kilometre (64 sq mi) artificial lake, created in 1982 by the construction of Rajjaprapha Dam by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand as a source of electricity. Apart from the fascinating limestone cliffs and evergreen rain forest jungle, the National Park area is inhabited by a large range of mammals such as tigers, elephants, tapirs and many monkey species. Birds such as Hornbills, Banded Pittas and Great Argus are as well forest residents. Not to forget the less commonly seen reptiles King Cobra, Reticulated Python or Flying Lizard. The reservoir area includes the Khlong Saeng, Khlong Nakha and Kaeng Krung wildlife sanctuaries where rare animals can be found. West of Khao Sok National Park lies Sri Phang Nga National Park which extends the area of preservation to up to 4,000 square kilometersThe village Khao Sok is located in the entrance of the National Park (about 60 kilmoeters west of the dam) and continues to build more resorts to increase its capacity to visit this jungle region. The access to the lake at Ratchaprabha dam is further south-east in the Ban Ta Khun distinct, reachable on highway 401 approximately half way between Khso Sok and Surat Thani. The dam is the only place from where the lake is accessible by boat. Around the reservoir 17 different "Floating Bungalows" or tents accommodate tourists form all over the world. Each located in their own sort of bay, the bungalows float on rafts docked to land. Only descendants of original inhabitants of Cheow Lan village and officials of the national park are allowed licenses to own and operate these bungalows; we stayed in one of them for two nights during our visit. This picture is our view directly outside our tent taken early one morning just after sunrise. via jnhPhoto http://500px.com/photo/101758161