Kathryn : For our last few days in Thailand we took the tip from Claire to visit Kanchanaburi where The bridge over the River Kwai is, it isn’t too far from Bangkok and not only is it a really nice little town but there are loads of cool things surrounding it too! We only had time to see one of them which was the trail of 7 waterfalls at Erawan National Park.
We found this beautiful place to stay on the river and it was a good job Lucy had gone home because she would have hated the basic room with no hot water! We were going to stay in a room floating on the river with just a mattress on the floor but the bathroom was miles away so unfortunately we couldn’t!
The national park was amazing! We got there really early which meant it was really quiet – just us and the monkeys! I kid you not, the park was full of wild monkeys who were running around the trees right in front of us and were so close to us we could have touched them (we wanted to keep our finger s so we resisted!). We walked the trail and saw all 7 waterfalls which were all different and breathtaking, then we swam in a few of them too. Zoe had never seen a proper waterfall before (only a lame one on an island in Thailand) so it was a really good day and she definitely saw her fair share of waterfalls!! One of the 7 made a big slide that you could climb onto and slide down into the pool which was so much fun!! And i could have spent hours watching the monkeys playing around in the trees!
On our last day on Kanchanaburi Zoe was poorly so we didn’t do too much except took a sroll up to the bridge and found out some more it’s history – it was part of a really long railway which was built during the 2nd World War by the prisoners of war including soldiers from UK,USA and Japan. Today it is used only by tourists and lots of them!
After a few relaxing days we headed back to Bangkok to my new favourite guest house to get ready for Oz! There was only one thing for it – a final trip down the Khoa San road for some last minute bargains before we got back to the real world where things actually cost more than a fiver!
Goodbye Asia – hello Australia!
Thanks for listening!
Zoe here.... again, good job Kathryn... not much to add, except that SE Asia, whilst brief, was amazing! I cannot believe everything we’ve seen and done in such a short space of time! Soooo excited about getting to Australia now, and catching up with some old friends and family. Just a million hour flight to Cairns to go! Xx
Kathryn’s top 5 things of SE Asia... in no particular order
Hammocks, Angkor Wat, monkeys, pad thai & Luang Prabang (Laos)
Zoe’s top 5 things in SE Asia... in no particular order
Cambodia (in general), Lucy visiting, Angkor Wat, completing our open water diving course (thus finding NEMO) & 12p beer.
We found this beautiful place to stay on the river and it was a good job Lucy had gone home because she would have hated the basic room with no hot water! We were going to stay in a room floating on the river with just a mattress on the floor but the bathroom was miles away so unfortunately we couldn’t!
The national park was amazing! We got there really early which meant it was really quiet – just us and the monkeys! I kid you not, the park was full of wild monkeys who were running around the trees right in front of us and were so close to us we could have touched them (we wanted to keep our finger s so we resisted!). We walked the trail and saw all 7 waterfalls which were all different and breathtaking, then we swam in a few of them too. Zoe had never seen a proper waterfall before (only a lame one on an island in Thailand) so it was a really good day and she definitely saw her fair share of waterfalls!! One of the 7 made a big slide that you could climb onto and slide down into the pool which was so much fun!! And i could have spent hours watching the monkeys playing around in the trees!
On our last day on Kanchanaburi Zoe was poorly so we didn’t do too much except took a sroll up to the bridge and found out some more it’s history – it was part of a really long railway which was built during the 2nd World War by the prisoners of war including soldiers from UK,USA and Japan. Today it is used only by tourists and lots of them!
After a few relaxing days we headed back to Bangkok to my new favourite guest house to get ready for Oz! There was only one thing for it – a final trip down the Khoa San road for some last minute bargains before we got back to the real world where things actually cost more than a fiver!
Goodbye Asia – hello Australia!
Thanks for listening!
Zoe here.... again, good job Kathryn... not much to add, except that SE Asia, whilst brief, was amazing! I cannot believe everything we’ve seen and done in such a short space of time! Soooo excited about getting to Australia now, and catching up with some old friends and family. Just a million hour flight to Cairns to go! Xx
Kathryn’s top 5 things of SE Asia... in no particular order
Hammocks, Angkor Wat, monkeys, pad thai & Luang Prabang (Laos)
Zoe’s top 5 things in SE Asia... in no particular order
Cambodia (in general), Lucy visiting, Angkor Wat, completing our open water diving course (thus finding NEMO) & 12p beer.
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