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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi November 23rd 2015

Today I was up early for a trip with the local Good Times Travel - to the Erawan national park with the 7 tier waterfalls and then the death railway. This trip was done very well. We arrived at the national park as one of the first people, and were given four hours to just go as we wish. Through the national park route there were 7 waterfalls reaching higher up, where some of the pools could be swam in.. Excellent! I set off, and enjoyed the contained, natural forest noises about me as I tried to keep ahead of the crowds (I know, to be honest the competitiveness set in and I was eager to get high quick, whilst telling myself that it would be much better to get there then do the swimming and ... read more
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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi November 22nd 2015

. Today it was time for a little quest. I'd made a note of a hill cave temple - Kaopoon - before I'd left the UK, which was a little out the town and a good chance to enjoy a cycle. I hired a bike and okay, to be honest bicycle, I did judge you a little with your basket and strange frame - but you turned into the perfect trip accomplice. We rode through the town, taking diversions from my vague mental map as my eyes caught something. So we rode down Song Kwai road and Pak Praek, where we found the Wat Chaichumpon temple complex, bustling with Theravada monks, and containing the Jeath war museum and various statue tributes. The roads were decorated with thai and yellow flags above (yellow for the king - ... read more
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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi November 21st 2015

And I'm bound for Kanchanaburi. There's two trains a day from Thonburi station over in the west of Bangkok - 7:55 and 13.50, any guesses which I got?! For the three-four hour journey I was thinking I'd get a good read in between my current books, including A History of Thailand by Baker and Phongpaichit which has been excellent so far. Rather, I spent almost all the journey looking out the window, it was so enjoyable. I'd recommend the train to anyone - fast, comfortable (though it's called 3rd class, really?), scenic and colourful. I wondered what others' journeys were. This route heads up to Nam Tok of the Hellfire Pass and further up from my stop of Kanchanaburi is the (in)famous River Kwai bridge that i would head to later. At the stops on the ... read more
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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi November 25th 2014

Hi all I need to stop passing out at 8 pm and waking up at 4:45. I am currently hiding out in the bathroom writing this so I don't wake up Graham. Last I wrote we had made it to Victory Monument and were looking for the minibus to take us to Kanchanaburi. This was supposed to be very easy - they are parked on the side of the cinema. However finding the cinema took a little work as Victory Monument is a huge and busy place. We finally realized it was behind us. We paid our 130 baht each ($4.20) and crammed into a van with 8 other people. This was not the most comfortable 2.5 hours we would spend. If there was any question of me ever renting a car and driving in Thailand ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi August 16th 2014

The hotel arranged our taxi as we checked out so we missed the usual fun and games of getting a driver prepared to use the meter. Victory Monument was the destination as we were advised that this was the place to book a bus to Kanchanaburi. There were no signs in English at all but a tout pointed us in the right direction. I was about to buy two tickets at THB120 each when I was told that we needed a ticket for our bag also. "Why would I do that?", I asked. Silence... We walked to the ticket counter next door and forked out THB120 per ticket with the bag travelling free. Within 10 minutes a mini-van rolled up and we were on our way on the two hour journey. Kanchanaburi lies around 130 kilometres ... read more
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Thailand Burma Railway Centre

Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi July 24th 2014

vandaag was de laatste dag van onze tour. We zijn naar de Erawan watervallen geweest. Deze liggen in het Erawan National Park. De waterval bestaat uit 7 niveaus, met een hoogteverschil van 1500 meter. Via een pad door het bos kun je van niveau naar niveau lopen. Het leuke is dat hier ook veel vissen zwemmen, en deze vissen komen aan je voeten of handen knabbelen als je in het water zit. We zijn tot aan het 5e niveau gelopen. Daarna was het pad vrij lastig te belopen, en we hadden ook niet zoveel tijd. Aan het eind van de dag zijn we teruggereden naar ons hotel in Bangkok. Hier heerlijk even gedouchet (tenminste weer warm water!) en daarna lekker gegeten in een van de restaurants van het hotel.... read more
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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi July 23rd 2014

Ons hotel hier in Kanchnaburi is gelegen aan de river kwai. Het zijn allemaal kleine houten chalets, waar je met 2 man kan slapen. Om te eten hebben ze een klein restaurantje waar dus ook hele kleine porties worden geserveerd! Allemaal heel eenvoudig, maar wel leuk. Wel een behoorlijke tegenstelling ten opzichte van het luxe hotel in Bangkok, waar je kamer 2 maal per dag wordt schoongemaakt, het ontbijt ontzettend uitgebreid is en waar het personeel constant voor je buigt als je komt aanlopen. Vandaag stond een bezoek aan de river kwai en het olifantenpark op het programma. Als eerste gingen we vanmorgen een bezoek brengen aan het oorlogsmuseum bij de brug over de kwai rivier. Het museum hadden we heel snel gezien, aangezien het best wel vervallen was en de kids hier niet veel zin ... read more
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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi July 22nd 2014

Vamorgen vroeg opgestaan want om half zeven kwam het busje van de reisorganisatie ons ophalen bij ons hotel in Bangkok om naar de floating markt 'Damnoen Saudak' te gaan en daarna naar de Tiger Tempel in Kanchaburi. Ik had wel al gelezen dat de floating markt redelijk toeristisch zou zijn, maar het was nog veel extremer. Alleen maar souveniers en andere prullaria te koop. We werden met een bootje er doorheen gevaren en als je iets wilde kopen, dan kon je dat aangeven en werd het bootje aangemeerd en kon je vanuit de boot onderhandelen en evt kopen. Dat hebben we dus nergens gedaan, omdat we geen zin hadden in deze rotzooi. De 'kapitein' van ons bootje vond dat ook niet zo heel erg leuk. We hadden ons voorgesteld dat er heel veel bootjes waren, waar ... read more
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Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi July 7th 2014

Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi April 26th 2014

20th April 2014 – The Foreign Office website - “Political demonstrations continue in and around Bangkok. Some of these have been violent, including the use of firearms and grenades and there have been casualties and deaths. The situation is unpredictable and further protests are expected. You should avoid protest sites”. Within fifteen minutes of arriving in Bangkok we had, by accident as ever, completely flouted this warning and found ourselves slap bang in the middle of one such site. The drive up from Hua Hin in the morning had been a straightforward one and our arrival in Thailand’s capital city was timed so we could get across town to go to the races. It was, therefore, with dismay and trepidation we were dropped off by the tuk tuk driver and found the road ahead completely blocked ... read more
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