Taman Negara – day one – Jessica Wandering

So you stay up on the bluff and come down the stairs to the river for most of the restaurants. And to catch a longtail across the river for 1 ringet (about 20 cents) to get to the park.

From the bottom of the stairs. They have flooding every December so the signs are still very visible on the banks in February. They had a flood that was nearly to the top on the bluff 15 years ago or so.

It’s pretty pleasant to eat in the floating restaurants and watch people fishing. This was our favorite restaurant, “Family Restaurant”, they were very sweet, and they were the only one that took credit cards, even with us paying the mark up. We had read an a while ago, that you NEED cash here, but then we forgot when we needed to remember. Not our first traveler mistake, but our biggest so far. We thought we might have to leave a few days early. But it worked out, partially from this family being willing to rely on technology in a place when it is spotty still.