Blogs from Kanchanaburi, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 58

Well we got to kanchanaburi expecting the heat to waiver alittle bit now we are outside thi city but no its even hotter. Only spent two nights and a day, went on a trip and did my first elephant ride. lovely bamboo rafting then onto the erawan waterfalls. Climbed all the way to the top 7 tiers on all, took about an hour and half, rewarded with a swim in a turqoise pool with lots of fishys. Great. Wicked thunderstorm, no thunder just amazing fork lightning. ... read more

Hello to you all. Well my last week in Thailand went by quite quickly. I spent it in the Western part of the Country near the Myamar border along the River Kwae. I stayed in a guest house that was suspended over the river, which allowed for beautiful views and a cultural experience. For a couple days I would sit on traditional Thai pyramid cushions, drinking fresh fruit smoothies and lassies, while loud longtail boats would race bye with loads of tourists. All the activities are partook in were relaxing and seemed to have a beautiful view of the mountains, rivers, waterfalls or any other part of Natures wonders. I rented a motorcycle and went for a 250km ride one day taking in Hell Fire Pass, Soi Yok Noi Waterfalls and a couple of caves, while ... read more

Yesterday we arrived at our second destination, Kanchanaburi, the location of the famous "bridge over the River Kwai" movie. The bridge, which is not too much to look at in and of itself is the main attraction in the city itself although there are other nice things around the city. We got to Kanchanaburi by a minibus from Bangkok. The guidebooks warn against some of these companies and what they warn about also happened to us, but we were lucky and it worked out sort of well. The thing is that when the tickets are sold the agents promise that the minibus will bring you to the bus station. I even asked extra, because I read in teh book that they sometimes do funny things. And the lady said, yes, to the bus station. But when ... read more

Sweltering hot day Rumour: Forty one degrees My arms are sweating! Since we did not follow the original itinerary as planned we had quite a few activities that lay before us on our 2nd day of our tour. First it was a "walk" through the "forest" that was located behind the C&C Jungle huts. To me it seemed at first like we were taking the two dogs out for a walk. I guess it didn't help that the person leading us on our walk did not speak English. Details. haha The area was quite dry...I'm not sure the last time this area has seen rain. Just a short 30 minute walk and we were all dripping with sweat. Yucks! Thank goodness they provided us with free drinking water the entire stay. I think on this day ... read more

voor we naar phuket kwamen zaten we dus eerst in kanchanaburi aan de river kwai. het was er pokkeheet, maar we hebben er ons best wel geamuseerd. het hotel was weer decadent in orde. maar de prijzen van de drankjes in het hotel waren ridicuul. een cola 2 euro + nog eens taks en service. dus zijn we savond maar met een groepje naar kanchanaburi city geweest, daar wat mekong ingeslagen en nadien in het donker aan het zwembad gaan burten. er zaten vrij luidruchtige mensen tussen dus ik vreesde dat ze ons zouden wegsturen wat vreemd genoeg niet gebeurde. De dag nadien deden we het verplichte ritje met de trein , bezoek aan de kmer ruines, waar ze interresant genoeg een thaise langspeel film aan het opnemen waren. de produktiewaarden moesten zeker niet onderdoen voor ... read more