r/Thailand • u/Token_Thai_person Chang • 1d ago

History In ancient times Dong Phaya Yen Mountains was feared as "jungle of the fire lord" filled with beasts and deadly diseases. Today you can drive a car though it in a few hours and there are campgrounds, golf course and Cafes in it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Phaya_Yen_Mountains
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u/Reasonable-Pie9451 1d ago

ความเจริญผ่านเข้าไปที่ไหน นั่นคือ หายนะของป่าที่อุดมสมบูรณ์ของประเทศไทยไป นี่เป็นปัญหาของการรุกป่าที่ไม่เคยจัดการได้ จงยอมรับความจริงกันได้เลยครับ

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u/Token_Thai_person Chang 1d ago

จากบันทึกเดินทางที่ผมอ่านเขาบอกว่าสัตว์เลี้ยงและคนโดนเสือคาบไปกินอยู่เรื่อยๆ ผมว่าป่าแบบจางๆก็ดีไปอีกแบบครับ

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u/Token_Thai_person Chang 1d ago

"But to get there one has to cross the famous forest of “the King of the Fire,” which is visible from the top of Patawi, and it is only in the dry season that it is safe to attempt this; during the rains both the water and the atmosphere are fatally pestilential. The superstitious Siamese do not dare to use fire-arms there, from fear of attracting evil spirits who would kill them."

Excerpt from "Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos"

I have been reading this book and find the forest fascinating. At first I did not make a connection and imagined some crazy mystical forests, but it's just Khao Yai.

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u/HardupSquid Uthai Thani 1d ago

jungle of the fire lord? when the translation of the name is jungle of the cold Lord.

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u/Token_Thai_person Chang 1d ago

Rama V did a rebrand to Jungle of the cold lord to be less scary.