Blogs from Erawan NP, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia

I took a package tour from my hostel the waterfalls after reading that they're the most beautiful in the province. Whoever wrote that clearly didn't visit right after heavy rains. The falls were beautiful. But everything was muddy. There are seven tiers and our guide had suggested we see the first four, and we might have time for five. I decided I wanted to see the fifth, but halfway up I slipped and was suddenly on the ground and covered in mud. I decided that was enough for me. I walked down to tier three (my favorite) to wash off in the water. I love wearing water-proof sandals and don't understand why some people wear Nikes to a waterfall. I got cleaned up and slowly made my way back down to the meeting point. Along the ... read more

Unfortunately we never made it Tiger temple as on the way back from 7-11 Tel managed to have an incident with a piece of pipe sticking up from the pavement, and yes you guessed it, the same toe, all over again! We weren't allowed to go to the temple in case the tigers smelled blood!!! So we spent a day at the Thailand Burma Railway museum which was much more informative than the weird one by the bridge! The museum had archives of the pow's stories and some of their personal artefacts and was very moving. After this we walked across to the Allied War Cemetary to pay our respects to those who lost their lives. We then went about an hour out of Kanchanburi to Hellfire Pass to the museum there and we also walked ... read more

Erawan National Park was about an hour and a half bus ride from where we were staying on the first river hut in Kanchanaburi... The major attraction of the park is Erawan Falls, a waterfall named after the erawan, the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The seven-tiered falls are said to resemble the erawan. And let me tell you, in my mist of hiking and sweating in the Thailand sun, I think I just might have seen a three-headed white elephant... or two?! The trail was steep, slippery and non-existent from time to time, but not to worry because I had professionals with me (Claire and Bonnie) that kept me in check and we dominated that mountain hike and all seven waterfalls in record breaking time! Soooo the morning started out with all three girls ... read more

Hi! Thanks for all your comments, it's really nice to hear from everyone. On Wednesday 12th we visited a place called the Tiger Temple. Basically it's a rescue centre for harmed or poached animals which was set up by a Buddist Monk. The story goes that one day a local found an injured boar and unsure of where to take it took it to the local Buddist temple. The temple took the boar in and cared it back to full health and it carried on living in the temple grounds. The locals heard of this and started taking the injured animals there. One day a local found an abandoned tiger cub whose mum had been killed by poachers. They took it to the temple who looked after it and it carried on living with the monks ... read more

helló szóval ma f5kor keltem, vhogy kijutottam a buszpályaudvarra, kicsit kalandos volt, mert az elsõ taxi, akit leszólítottam nem értette, hogy hova akarok menni, még úgy se, hogy leírtam, a másik meg egy másik buszállomásra vitt elõször, de végül sikerült megtalálni az állomást és felszállnom egy 1st class autóbuszra (a 1st class sajnos kimerült abban, hogy ezerrel ment a légkondi, majd szétfagytam, mondjuk ez nem akadályozott meg abban, hogy végigaludjam az utat, néha felébredtem és komolyan azt sem tudtam hol vagyok, olyan jól aludtam, persze valóban nem tudtam, hogy hol vagyok....:) szóval végül f8 körül megérkeztem kanchanaburiba, ahol átszálltam egy már nem first class autóbuszra, aminek egy nagy elõnye volt jelen helyzetben :nem volt légkondi. így azt az utat még kellemesebben végigszunyókáltam. végül f11 körül megérkeztem az erawan national parkba, ahova sajnos az utikönyv szer... read more