This is me on the other side to prove i did it, as im not a fan of heights it wasnt easy, especially as there were lots of gaps i could have fallen down if i misplaced my feet!
Kanchanaburi August 14th 2008 We were picked up bright and early from our hostel and we walked to Khao San Road to meet our tour guide and driver for the day. We got into the back of a minibus with a few other travellers. A few of which were already talking about their experiences with tigers and the tiger temple-perhaps they have been before? Being our first excursion we were really quite excited but also a little apprehensiv ... read more
Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
Finishing university, settling down, getting a job and a mortgage, it all seems a little too fast for my liking! So in an effort to delay the inevitable the decision was made to simply disappear for a few months...to go and see the world!
The plan is to begin in the famous travellers haven, Thailand. We then head North and into Laos, travel down through Vietnam, across Cambodia before venturing South through Malaysia and home from Singapore. The schedule is tight at 52 days and no doubt we will have to bypass some of the sights, but you can't do everything!
We fly out on the 11th August... full info