Blogs from Erawan NP, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

Guess what. Another day on holiday and its 8:00 in the morning and we are waiting for the taxi to take is to Erawan falls at Erawan National park. The falls are a selection of 7 separate falls reaching a total walking distance of around 2 kilometers quite a bit of it is very hard going and some rock climbing is involved, so if your like Tess and got your are in a sling you might find it hard going, but after about 2 hours we made it but to tell you the truth the 4th and 5th are by far the best. Also watch out for the monkeys near level three as they are very cheeky, one acquired a pack of crisps out of my rucksack which was next to my feet then ran up ... read more

img=http://img2052.photobox.co.uk/65468073d9f137b552b8fbcaca8f13863cbb48979e47e274c8f05046d57b18f65fca86f8.jpgWe caught a Sâamláw" that's the closes interpretation of spelling I can do on this keyboard" If you’re not sure what one is, it’s a push-bike with a twin seat behind the rider. A little like a rickshaw to the JEATH War Museum in Kanchanaburi. It is a haunting reconstruction of what the prisoners of war suffered whilst building the bridge over the river Kwai where 16,000 POW's lost there life's then to continue the theme we trundled to the Death railway and research museum where they carried on the theme showing you how the POWs lived and died and what the medical huts looked like, all very upsetting. It reminds you how barbaric the Japanese where to there prisoners. We then took a trip to the far end Of Kanchanaburi where the actual bridge over ... read more

Today has been great..except I didn't realise that my camera stuffed up so now the pics I took are mostly crap and dark. Firstly this morning we took a Songklaew to Hellfire Pass - built by the Allied POWs during WW2. Following this we drove another hour to Erawan Falls. After lunch of fried rice and chicken we proceeded to walk up the falls (there are 7 levels) took us FOREVER to walk up all of them but it was worth it. Alot of the girls in our group got freaked out by the coy fish in the water but I didn't care really...they sucked at their legs every now and then causingg lots of screaming :P Once we got back down to the first level there were heaps of Thai ppl just standing there watching ... read more

sawatdee from kanchanaburi! I am FINALLY over the flu!! WOO HOO!!!!! Tomorrow we will be taking an elephant trek, rafting down the river in bamboo boats and swimming in a 7 tiered waterfall in erowan national park. we will also be visiting the death railway and the bridge over the river kwai. we are staying in a floating hotel which is fabulous for 250 baht a night (about $7). I love it here, it is a nice change from the 10 million people in bangkok. The boys are getting restless so this will be short. Happy holidays, I miss you, see you in 3 weeks! sunny... read more

Well - spent all of Saturday lounging about - naturally going for the excuse of resting and recuperating my ankle - which seemed to work quite well whilst also topping up the tan, which had paled significantly since leaving the beach environment!!! However, Sunday was a different story! A 7 o'clock start found Jen looking decidedly green after a rather rough night (and not alcohol induced!)- and still feeling rather nauseous - but still ludicrously up for doing the day trip! The day trip began at Erawan Waterfall, went on to Krasae Cave, The Death Railway and then via a rather dodgy train onto The Bridge over the River Kwai! Erawan Waterfall is a rather spectacular 7 tier waterfall about 1 hours drive out of Kanchan! Check out the piccies, Jen unfortunately only made it to ... read more