Thamarong Somsak had a job in a printing business but he always felt the pull of the outdoors. He’d grown up around the forests of his native province southeast of Bangkok and the lure of the wild never went away. One day, unhappy in his factory work, he visited the Thap Lan National Park close to the Cambodian border. He asked for a job as a ranger there, even though it meant halving his $500 monthly salary. “Nature has always been a part of me since I was a little boy,” says Thamarong, a 35-year-old who wears a Buddhist amulet and is nicknamed Chate. “I have always dreamed that one day I would be here.”
探玛隆•颂萨(Thamarong Somsak)以前在一间印刷厂工作，但他一直向往户外工作。探玛隆的家乡位于曼谷东南省份，那里森林茂密，他自小在森林的怀抱中长大，大自然始终吸引着他。终于有一日，厌倦了印刷厂工作的他来到靠近泰国与柬埔寨边境的Thap Lan国家森林公园。他在那儿找了一份护林员的工作，哪怕薪水只有原来的一半——他原来的月薪是500美元。35岁的銮探隆身上佩戴着佛教护身符，绰号切特(Chate)。他说：“从我还是个小男孩起，大自然就一直是我生命的一部分。我一直梦想着有一天我会来这儿。”