http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , Western Thailand en-us Fri, 11 Dec 09 19:47:52 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 09 19:47:52 +0000 Its off to Kanchanaburi. We need to get to Bangkok Noi Railway station. At first the taxi doesn't know where it is but after a bit of discussion we get it cleared up. Six of us pile into the Corolla or whatever it is and head off. At 6.50 am there is not too much traffic fortunately and the trip is only about 15 minutes. There is a huge Fruit and Vegetable market at the train station and we are http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-459202.html Alrighty upon my return to Thailand I had one more day in Bangkok primarily to allow me to post home all the outsize and unwieldy souvenirs I had purchased in Myanmar. This done in remarkably good time I headed out to indulge in more of the fantastic street food which is on offer everywhere. Tummy bulging but unable to resist buying everything I saw I took refuge in a nearby massage parlour w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Sangkhlaburi/blog-457140.html We decided to head out to Kanchanaburi a couple of hours west of Bangkok to experience a different part of Thailand. We successfully tackled Thai public transport by hailing a taxi putting hand out palm down and moving right and left over and over very informative darling then worked out how to buy a bus ticket in the bus station but found that we were stared at a lot I couldnrsquot under http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-455598.html So after feeling a little down due to Lyndsey and Helens departure we pulled ourselves together and planned the next leg of our Thailand adventure towards Kanchanaburi. We flagged a taxi and asked him to take us to Thanburi train station we ended up at the wrong station but soon got directions from a tuk tuk driver and were on our way to the real station. i was stressing out as we didnt leave ea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-454331.html Thursday The van picked us up at 630 in the morning for our tour to the Bridge over the River Kwai and the Tiger Temple in the Kanchanaburi Province of Thailand. We were the second ones picked up so it took a while to grab the other members of our group before driving northwest out of Bangkok. I fell asleep for a bit and when I woke we had arrived at a World War II Cemetery for Allied POW's. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-447370.html It's October holidays for most International Schools in Bangkok and Leslie has a week off too. So we continue our little round of Discovery Thailand. Not really my first visit to Hua Hin as the last time I came here was 5 years ago. We did not plan one thing from 23rd to 25th October Hua Hin is going to host the 15th Asean Summit you know the same one that had to be canceled in April in Pa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Hua-Hin/blog-447265.html The day which we had been eagerly anticipating had finally come and it was tough to hide the gleeful smile on my face as I looked forward to our stay in Thailand. The trip was supposed to provide some respite after months in NS and also marked the beginning of the end of our National Service stint. With me Jordan Luke and Mark made up the Gang of Four. We had decided to visit Kanchanaburi and th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-444605.html So ich habe diesen Blog nicht vergessen Nur jedesmal haben die PC irgendein Problem die Bilder hochzuladen...so auch dieses mal. Aber ich will euch natuerlich auf dem laufen halten. Es ist ja ne ganze Menge Zeit vergangen und ich bin auch ne Menge rumgekommen. Beim letzten Eintrag war ich ja bereits in Malaysia Kota Baru. Ich habe mich da einem Londoner und nem Kanadier aus Vancouver angeschloss http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-444349.html English translation coming soon...Nach den erholsamen Strandtagen war es am 23.09. mal wieder Zeit fuer ein bisschen Kultur und Geschichte. Mit der Faehre ging es nach Surat Thani und dort nach langem Warten in den Nachtbus nach Bangkok wo wir am naechsten Morgen 5 Uhr am Busbahnhof standen um ein weiteres Ticket nach Kanchanabu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-443491.html I finally found a place to develop some of the photos but they are not the best quality. Better than none though So this is the updated versionWe were picked up at 8am to go for our tour to see a seven tiered waterfall visit Hellfire pass and take a spin on the train over the Death Railway. Our trip would take over and hour to get to Erwan falls so we just watched the fantastic scenery and c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-443179.html All we can say is wow wow wow... After having our bag stolen with our camara earphones and south east asia lonely planet book in it we DEFINALTY needed this to cheer us up...Our day started by getting picked up at 8 in the morning and taken straight to the Erwan Waterfalls National Park whcih boasts 6 amazing waterfalls all of which you can swin in and are breath taking. The Park also has a lar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-442664.html Wow can't believe we're in SUCH an amazing place...We're right on the river Kwai here in our own tiny little hut...sooo cool Its a really chilled out place here a lot more quiter that the hustle and bustle in Bangkok They have the best Thai food here and sitting on a jetty over the river Kwai eating the Thai cusine with the mountains in the background takes some beatingHave just booked http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-441659.html One problem of coming to the island immediately after full moon are the tides. Within two days of arriving the tide was so far out that the water was to shallow over the coral to be able to swim or snorkel until 5pm or even later. Of course someone out there reading this may tell us itrsquos nothing to do with the moon and itrsquos phasesFor this reason we went in search of something else http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/blog-436538.html I first would like to thanks few people for the input they had in this entry...and who have helped us preparing another wonderful weekend. First our fellow members from Travelblog Sophie and Dale. We may not have done the same trip but their entry on Kanchanaburi was the inspiration for this weekend. Second I want to thank Olivier who gave me the advise for our lodging.It's impressive how muc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-436208.html Since our last blog.....We said goodbye to Susan's sister who had popped in for a short visit on her way back to England on the evening of the 2nd and then headed to the train station to get the night train to Surat Thani in order to ferry it over to the islands. The journey was pretty long and not quite as plush as expected but we got beds and covers and a chance to chill out a bit. We arrived at http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-435170.html 22. august fortsatt i Hua Hin og nyte luksusen. Dagen gikk vel egentlig helst i bading i bassengaa mat og litt vandring i gatene. Spiste paa ein kjempegode japanske restaurant paa kvelden. Veldig avslappande med andre ord herlig Dagen ittepaa tok me ein buss itte me hadde venta paa an i ein time te Prachuap Kiri Khan. Her tok me motorsykkeltaxi fra busstoppen og inn te sentrum. Der va me http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/blog-430722.html Dagen i dag starta med ei 3 timers lang busstur. Me sko te Hua Hin. Det va ein varme busstur men naar me kom fram va det vel verdt det Hotellet me bor paa her Sofitel centara grand resort and villas e et skikkelig luksushotell. Naa har me virkelig folelsen av aa ver paa bryllupsreise Dagen har vel egentlig kun gaatt med te aa spisa bada og slappa av. Der e 3 basseng her og egen strandlinja http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Hua-Hin/blog-429992.html So we woke up early to buy tickets for an overnight sleeper train to Chang Mai then we headed to the bus station to catch a bus to Erawan Falls which is a 7 tiered waterfall about 70 km north of where we were.So we sit on this bus that they say was going to leave soon 1015mins and sweated our asses off for about 30 mins or so...it was pretty damn hot. We arrived right at the base of the waterfa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-428789.html Onward we go to Kanchanaburi on a 2 hour bus ride from BangkokWe scored an Aframe bungalow right on the river for only like 20. The town itself it pretty chill and people seem to be nicer and not as shady. We saw the famous Bridge over River Kwae known from the WW2 era. There also is a place to pet tigers and have your picture taken Tiger Temple but there are many reports that even thought i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-428560.html Kanchanaburi 56 July 2009Sunday This turned out to be an awesome and memorable get away for all of us. Initially we were going to pack it all in in one day but the overnight was a perfect solution. Nonetheless we were off to an early start on Sunday morning as we needed to drive 40 minutes south of Bangkok to see the Floating Market in Klong Ton Khem. It was only happening in the morni http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Western-Thailand/Kanchanaburi/blog-419832.html