Temperatures plunge on Thailand’s highest mountain

The temperature has plunged sharply from around 7 degrees Celsius yesterday to only 1 Celsius today at the summit of tourist destination, and Thailand’s tallest mountain, Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai. This was reported by an official stationed on the mountain this morning.

Wasan Chanthep, the assistant chief of Doi Thanon National Park, said the temperature at Kiew Mae Pan viewpoint, which has a trekking route and an area for tourists to enjoy the sea of mist below, was measured at 1C, a fall from Monday’s 7C.

Wasan says thousands of tourists went up Doi Inthanon early this morning to wait for the first sunlight. The tourists were clad in winter clothes with gloves and hoods, a departure from the usual Thai tourist uniform of shorts and T-shirt.

SOURCE: The Nation