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Kanchanaburi Slideshow
Kanchanaburi
Travel Blogs from Kanchanaburi, Thailand
I went to the mar-kette
mon p'tit panier sous mon bras... Well actually we did not have baskets under our arms... more like buckets of sweat. We travelled to the weird lil ghost town of DS to go to the floating market - we had heard it was better to go the night before in ...
Bridge over River Kwai & Ayuttya
First stop today was the Jearth Museum which described conditions in the prisoner of war camp at Kanchanaburi. The suffering of the WWII POWs at this camp was beyond belief. There were lots of photos; mainly of Dutch, English and Australian men who were ...
Tigers, Elephants and the river Kwai
... at each end are original - and very shaky! The next visit was to the Tiger Temple, about 1 hour from Kanchanaburi in the jungles that are between Thailand and Burma. The centre is a rescue home for orphaned and injured tigers and although many of the ...
The Death Railway.
... caught the local train, which was a little pricier this time but still only about 2 pound each. When we arrived at Kanchanaburi station we were as usual set upon by a hungry mob of taxi and tuk tuk drivers but managed to successfully navigate ...
Same Same But Different
It's a restaurant by the way. We went there on the recommendation of Simon Crawley - he told Helen all about it during the bellringers tea back in January. It was well worth the visit. the taxi took about 30 mins from the hotel - a bit ...
World's Durian Festival 2008
... grown in Thailand's eastern provinces which have collectively earned the nickname as the 'fruit bowl of Thailand'. The annual Chanthaburi Fruit Festival held at the Chanthaburi Sports Stadium offers a fantastic selection of ...
Tigers and elephants and rafting, oh my!
... shout out to my sister Sarah though, because she’s kind of the one who inspired me to take the weekend off to myself and enjoy Thailand a little bit for its touristy side. Thanks Sarah! Epic birthday gift. Now to return to Mae Sot and go back to the ...
teaching!
... met by Suvanna- the volunteer co-ordinator for Original Volunteers. She said they had a placement available at a school near Kanchanaburi- a couple of hours west of Bangkok so later on that day we set off to the school. The school is actually ...
This is more like the Thailand I was expecting
... and Gee Gee and we all jumped on my bike and headed off to the mushroom festival. This was basically a Thai music festival that Kanchanaburi holds once a year. I didn't see a mushroom the whole time I was there so I reckon its just an excuse for a piss ...
Tailor Pro - Best in Bangkok
} Arrived on the overnight train on Bangkok - a gorgeous town, There are lots of interesting places to see in Bangkok, but the main reason we came to Bangkok was....to get clothes made! Bangkok is famous for its hundreds of tailor shops ...
Kanchanaburi and Erawan Falls!
... , but it's been a while since our last entry.. so here's the update! We took the train from Thonburi Station (Bangkok Noi) to Kanchanaburi (Kan as the locals say). The ride was only 3 hours long and we were well taken care of. The woman across from us ...
Tiger Temple
The next day I went to the Tiger temple, an old land preserve where monks keep wild animals like boars, deers, and wildcats. But it's famous for, as the name suggests, having leopards and Bengalese tigers! As we walked in our guide told us to stop and ...
Off the island
... after this cheerie experience we took a train into the center of town and visited the famous river Kwai. All in all the tour was great and we highly recommend the scenic Kanchanaburi. Although, with the Visas situation, we had to leave. Next stop. ...
Zurueck am River Kwai!
Nach einer kurzen 3 stuendigen Busfahrt haben wir das chaotische Bangkok endlich hiner uns gelassen und sind in Kanchanaburi angekommen. Wir waren vor ein paar Jahren schon mal hier und dachten uns jetzt, es waere ein guter Ort um die paar Tage bis wir ...
Big cats and tattoos
From Bangkok we executed our usual scary boat trip to the train station and train to Kanchanaburi routine. We booked into a beautiful little bungalow on the river Kwai at Bluestar guesthouse. The place is well landscaped and has a Mynah Bird in a cage ...
Kanchanaburi
... Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi selbst hat nicht allzu viel zu bieten. Jedoch die umliegende Landschaft ist recht schoen, und Kanchanaburi wird meist genutzt als Startpunkt zu den umliegenden Nationalparks, wie dem Erawan National Park. Wasserfaelle ohne Ende ...
Crouching Tigers Running Waterfalls
... glad to be outa Bk even for a day or two its an experience but its kinda sleazy and full of backpackers...I had a ball in Kanchanaburi..The Bridge and WW11cemtary in Kwai were a bit of a bore but the Temple Tigers were cool apart from all being half ...
National Park & River Kwai
... their study fellow spent a semester abroad in Hungary... crazy world! Next day Erawan nationalparl wioth the most beautiful waterfall in thailand... it was straining but worth it! After that and lunch the great Goodbye... and I got delivered to the ...
onwards..
... they want to go and clearly not vice versa. We arrived in a government approved travel agency and booked a trip to Kanchanaburi Province ( home of the river kwai amidst other places of interest). After visiting the allied war graves home to soldiers ...
The Bridge over the River Kwai
... (and several coffees) i felt i could handle a day of sight-seeing. Have been really looking forward to visiting Kanchanaburi, where the main tourist attraction is the famous bridge over the River Kwai. After seeing the film, and learning some of ...
Kanchanaburi
Got up early and headed to the south bus terminal for a nice bus ride out to Kanchanaburi, which is famous for having the Bridge over the River Kwai. Went to a couple of meuseums with exhibits all about the death railway which I found really ...
Tong Day!! Floating Markets, Tiger Temple & More
... 6:30 am we hopped into a very nice air conditioned jeep with just Joe me and Tong. We headed out from Bangkok towards Kanchanaburi about 2 hours outside the city. The first stop of the day was to a small temple with beautiful wood carvings inside. It was ...
The adventures of Kanchanaburi!!
... check into our new hostel for the evening before we departed Kanchanaburi to head to the ancient city of Ayutthaya! All in all Kanchanaburi has amazing history and scenery and the next stop is off the Auytthaya to see all the ancient ruins and a monkey ...
Back to the Duck, Disco Duck that is
... Mai. I guess we hadn't really left Erawan's tractor beam of grief entirely however, since we were soon to find out that trying to get from Kanchanaburi to Chiang Mai directly would be a huge and expensive hassle. More on that to come ...
Week Two!!! WOO!
Monday: Got up at 5am! Yes 5am. Grrrr. Very sleepy. Waited around for an hour for the monks (we were supposed to be giving them food) and then some guy on a moped came and told us that they wouldnt be coming our way... so we had to walk into the ...
Tiger Time!
... . Wendy was a little apprehensive but all in, of course so we caught the train from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi at stupid o'clock. Side story: Durian is a fruit in Thailand that is about the size of a melon but is rock hard on the outside and covered in ...
Tiger Temple (Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno)
We left the market and Tong took us to a place where they made beautiful wood carvings. They were so intricate and detailed the pictures do not do justice. While we were there, we noticed there were a lot of police around. We found out ...
Die Wiege Thailands
... bluehenden Kapitale Siams des 13. Jahrhunderts, heute ein idyllisches Ruinenfeld voll geheimnisvoller Buddhas mit wunderschoenen Haenden. Thailand erscheint mir zunehmend als das am leichtesten zu bereisende Land der Welt. Der Unterschied zu Indien ...