River and Forest view near Phato, Chumphon Province
River and Forest view near Phato, Chumphon Province

Our first destination in the south of Thailand was Phato, Chumphon province. There is a nice river surrounded by small hills with evergreen rainforest.

Mountain view from TV-Station Ranong province
Mountain view from TV-Station Ranong province

Next destination was the coastline of Ranong province, there are a nice mountain range with evergreen forest. We stay there on the top of a hill about 550 meter high. 

Mountain view in Ron Phibun, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
Mountain view in Ron Phibun, Nakhon Si Thammarat province

Then we drive to Nakhon Si Thammarat  province and found there near Ron Phibun a very nice mountain range with an amazing tree fern forest about 900 meter high. 

Mountain view in Nopphitam, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
Mountain view in Nopphitam, Nakhon Si Thammarat province

Another place also in Nakhon Si Thammarat province was Nopphitam. These is a lowland place with very nice evergreen rain forest and there I get a female of Archaeoattacus staudingeri a new recorded Saturniidae moth for Thailand. 

Landscape near Khanom, Surat Thani province
Landscape near Khanom, Surat Thani province

Then we drive along the eastern coastline back to the north and stay on a hill near Khanom  in Surat Thani province.

Quarry in Khao Sok, Surat Thani province
Quarry in Khao Sok, Surat Thani province

The next destination was Khao Sok in Surat Thani province and we stay there for one night in a limestone quarry. Some villager cut a palm tree to get some beetle larvae as food. 

Khao Sam Roi Yod, Prachuap Khiri Khan province
Khao Sam Roi Yod, Prachuap Khiri Khan province

Our last place on the way back to Bangkok was Khao Sam Roi Yod in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. There is beautiful landscape with limestone mountains. 

Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White 1859)
Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White 1859)
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