R2331 the Phu Hin Rongkla / Phu Ta Boek road.
Why Phu Hin Rong Kla is so special....
PHU HIN RONGKLA
From 1968 to 1972, Phu Hin Rong Kla was a major stronghold of the communists in their battle with the Thai government.
In 1970 there were 31 wooden houses built in the camp HQs. After the 6th October 1976 uprising, many students and intellectuals fled the right-wing government purges in the Bangkok to hide in Phu Hin Rongkla. The PHR camp was used to educate the new recruits in communist ideology.
In 1982 combined governments force from the army, air force, navy & KMT troops attacked the Phu Hin Rongkla communist stronghold. They were not victorious, & supposedly defeated because of the rugged terrain & dense forest. In the battle massive damage was caused to the environment & wildlife (as you’d expect in a war).
According to
http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/st ... id=86&lg=2
Much of the forest was damaged and much of the wildlife was killed or fled to safer areas. Remaining wildlife includes tigers, leopards, Asiatic Black Bears, wild boar, fox, monkeys, leopard cats, wild hare and many bird species.
I’m not sure about the big cats still though! But it must have been good up there in those earlier years.
After the defeat in 82, with a fresh “hearts & minds” policy, plus amnesty, the area was won over by the government; & a road was soon built up onto the mountain and in 1984 it was declared a national park.
From
http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/st ... action.asp
Highlights of Phu Hin Rongkla include
• Lan Hin Pum, field of nodulated stone, whose lumps are roughly equal in size. It is believed that this formation resulted from physical and chemical erosion. Patients from the hospital suffering from fever would use the area as a rest spot, as a cool breeze blows over the area almost continuously.
• Pha Chu Thong where CPT cadres would hoist a red flag every time their forces defeated government troops in a battle or skirmish.
• Lan Hin Taek, (Broken Rock Field). Along the path, growing in rock crevices are various plant species, including mosses, ferns and ground orchids. The crevices, arranged in rough rows, seem to have come from the earth splitting. Peering into their depths can be eerie. Some crevices are narrow enough to jump across; others are wider. From several can be heard loud echoing of running water. The crevices were perhaps important to the communists, as they could have been used for hiding.
• Surviving wooden building structures
o Office for administrative staff,
o A printing press
o Communications centre.
• Bunkers & air raid shelter
Phu Hin Rongkla has featured on GT Rider here
1992 a run to Phu Hin Rongkla National Park. The scenery & roads are spectacular, the best I've seen outside North Thailand! Photos above: German Joe from Joes Bike Team & his old Kawasaki 750 Eliminator. That totally amazing spectacular road It was a motley crew and a half...
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Check it out. It's one of the most, if not the most, spectacular rides you can do.
The history of the place makes this ride special!
