The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XLIV, Part 1-2, 1956 - Khamkoo

delightfully va.gne answers about direction given by the peopie.
whose life and activities are confiner! to t.he immerliate neighbourhood,
only add to the difficulties of the trail and make the jonrney longer.
The forest track is cnt by C'art wheels and is a menace to the low
slung vehicle with tree stumps just sufficiently concealed by grass
to for the use of a vehicle with a four
wheel drivt,,
'l'he snr1·onndings are plensant and, when it is
necesssat•y to leave the road, nbont half way, the lJ'HDk takes ;yon
tht·ough pine woods.
Then, with l'emarlwblt• clefinit.ion, the way
leads into a country oJ' deep red ,;oil in a belt of over 6 kilometres,
In contrast. to the Ubol appro!trJh, the area given over to rieo
cultivation on this, the north side nf A.ml)hoe Kantnralak is
consideJ•able.
'l'he stretch between Kantarnlak and Khao Phra Vihfi.t' il:l iuiet'·
esting and the path, though difficult in stretches, provides a variation
for the traveller and thPre is seldom a clull moment.. IE the jout'IH'Y
is made following the rains when vegetation has cove~·ed the trail,
and trees, unable to stand the lashing of Lhe monsoon, have fallen,
obstructing the jungle path, then yonr equimnent. must. include an
axe and large knives.
'l'he easy slope on the not·th side of the Dangrek Chain
mal,es it possible for a vehicle to go through the foot hi lis and climb
to an elevation of 500 metres without too much difficnltv. From
Kantaralak it is about 47 kilomet l'E'S to W1't·]ll'll s' l·t·· r t} . t .
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sanctnary. Two tributaries of the S;> M- 1111 IJ't"e to l l tl
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