Blogs from Erawan NP, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

Sternzeit :: gib dem Affen Zucker :: Heute gings zu den beruehmten Wasserfaellen im Erawan Nationalpark. Direkt nach der Ankunft wurden wir auch schon von Moskitos attakiert. Darauf folgten die Affen und ich hatte das Glueck einen rund 1,5 Meter langen Varan zu sehen. Leider war er auf der anderen Flussseite, wozu unsere extragrossen Objektive nicht ausreichten. Neben endlos vielen Wasserfaellen blieb uns keine Zeit zum Verschnaufen, denn Markus wurde von einer Riesenpython attakiert. Anfangs schien er wehrlos, doch wie es sich fuer einen kundigen Dschungeltramper gehoert, zueckte er sein Schweizer Offziersmesser (Mac Werner). Nach langem Ringen und unter meiner Mithilfe mit der Kamera, konnte das Monster erledigt werden. Die erstaunten Wildhueter gaben zu Protokoll, dass dies der erste Uebergriff seit fuenf Jahren gewesen sei. Anschliessend trugen wir das Ungetuem ins Tal, gri... read more

Hi everyone, Just thought that id do a quick update before I head of to Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai tomorrow as during the trek i doubt there will be any internet seen as there arnt any toilets!! Monday turned out to be a good day, when we reached Kanchanaburi we found our accommodation situated on the River Kway! The hostel was a number of floating rooms which is interesting when your on the loo and a boat goes past as the rooms have a tendancy to rock quite abit! Howevr I have found this is actually quite relaxing at night. After we had settled our things into our room we took a mini man powered tuk tuk, otherwise known as a Salmon around the town for some sight seeing. This was great fun as all of ... read more

Another day, another bus....the same hot sun & the struggle to fine decent acommodation again. Well Kanchanaburi was well worth the visit.....it's a place where you could drop anchor for a while so take note those of you travelling to these parts. Grace & I had been planning to get our hair cut for weeks before it all fell out from sun damage so off we went to one of the locals in Kanchanaburi. The saying springs to mind...you pay for what you get..... but I was horrified when I saw the damage this Thai lady could do with her scissors & it only took minutes. Ok she got the ponytail & rolled it up & then yomped a lump off the end & then started snipping haphazardly all over the place. Well if my facial ... read more

Prowincja Kanczanaburi jest trzecia pod wzgledem wielkosci i moze sie pochwalic jednym z najlepiej zachowanych ekosystemow w Tajlandii. Erewan National Park, w ktorym znajdja sie wodospady o tej samej nazwie powinien znalezc sie na liscie kazdego szanujacego sie backpackera. Wodospadow jest siedem, kazdy na innej wysokosci, a zeby dotrzec do ostatniego, trzeba pokonac dosc stroma i bardzo sliska droge (ze wzgledu na wysoka wilgotnosc powietrza w dzungli kamienie zawsze pozostaja mokre). Jezeli to- dobre buty ecco czy merrela staja sie obowiazkowe. Co prawda ja dotarlem tam odziany w obuwie typu japonki, co po kilku godzinach marszu zamienilo moje stopy w niewypaly z WW2;) Miejscowa legenda glosi, ze docierajac do siodmego z wodospadow (polozonego najwyzej i jednoczesnie najwyzszego) powinnismy spotkac w okolicy Erawana -3 glowego slonia (??) wiozacego na swym grzbiecie Boga Hindu- I... read more

that was so cheesy. today we went on our tour, unfortunately we thought it started at 8:30am, but we found out at 7:55 that it started at 8, AND we had to do a last-minute room change, AND i still hadn't finished eating my apple pancake! CRISIS! mad rush and confusion! the tour was really great! it started with elephant rides, and WE HAVE FOUND THE KYAMOBILE! it was a bit rough, but really exciting! some of the mahouts (elephant caretakers) seemed to really like us, we got poked with sticks and sprayed by the elephants and no one else did. on some tours you can go swimming with them, but not this one. we still got wet though. got lots of awesome pictures! at the end, one of the elephants poked me with his trunk ... read more