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mobs00 · 18-07-2008, 08:46 AM

Thung Yai – June 15, 2007

This is the last day of my trip. It was the most amazing thing I have ever done.

We arrived back to the ranger station where we spent out first night.

The rangers tell us they have found sign from Tapir and Tiger just 200 meters from camp. We followed them to the spot next to a stream. I wandered around and found some Tapir tracks on the other side.

This strangler fig was enormous and had so many things living on it. It was like it had its own mini ecosystem.

We did our final packing and I had a chance to take a few more photos. This is when I took my most famous photo. (see below)

The road out was a bit rough going.

We stopped near the exit to wash the truck down.

Good as new.

This is a pic of our group, Bruce, myself, Say, Sompon, Charlie and Wade.

I found this average looking butterfly near the first camp and took a couple of shots of it. Little did I know this would be my first published photo. Bruce decided to put 3 of my pics in his new book. He calls me up one day to say he liked the shot of my butterfly. He then told me the name of my first published photo; it’s a “Pansy Butterfly”. WTF. I thought he was joking and wouldn’t believe it till I looked it up on the net and there it was: Junonia lemonias, commonly know as the Lemon Pansy Butterfly.

18-07-2008, 08:46 AM	#19 (permalink)
mobs00 Mmmm, Bowling...... Last Online: Today 09:53 AM Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chiang Mai Posts: 1,363	Thung Yai – June 15, 2007 This is the last day of my trip. It was the most amazing thing I have ever done. We arrived back to the ranger station where we spent out first night. The rangers tell us they have found sign from Tapir and Tiger just 200 meters from camp. We followed them to the spot next to a stream. I wandered around and found some Tapir tracks on the other side. This strangler fig was enormous and had so many things living on it. It was like it had its own mini ecosystem. We did our final packing and I had a chance to take a few more photos. This is when I took my most famous photo. (see below) The road out was a bit rough going. We stopped near the exit to wash the truck down. Good as new. This is a pic of our group, Bruce, myself, Say, Sompon, Charlie and Wade. I found this average looking butterfly near the first camp and took a couple of shots of it. Little did I know this would be my first published photo. Bruce decided to put 3 of my pics in his new book. He calls me up one day to say he liked the shot of my butterfly. He then told me the name of my first published photo; it’s a “Pansy Butterfly”. WTF. I thought he was joking and wouldn’t believe it till I looked it up on the net and there it was: Junonia lemonias, commonly know as the Lemon Pansy Butterfly.