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Kanchanaburi Slideshow
Kanchanaburi
Travel Blogs from Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Back in Bangkok, la la la
If you don't stay on the Khoa San road, Bangkok really is a much more attractive place to be. I've been hard about Bangkok before for being big, smelly, hot and just mayhem. However, we really just seemed to enjoy it so much more this time. And I put ...
Bye Bye Phi Phi
Well, that went quickly! We're now sitting in the (air conditioned - um nice) coffee bar at our hotel waiting for the speed boat to whisk us back to Phuket, then it's on up Bangkok. It's been fun here. We've just spent our time relaxing by ...
Bridge on the River "Kwai"
... . It was from a local zoo and tourists were posing with it for £2 or so. There's such a strong demand for it in Thailand, it always makes my heart sink to see dim witted tourists nervously patting these beautiful creatures which of all places should most ...
Snake house, Cambodian and Thai beaches
... live snakes inside. Since it was night when we went, all the snakes were wide awake. Cambodia is a strange place. We returned to Thailand by taking a large boat, then a small boat, then a taxi to the border. Once we got into Thailand, we took a shuttle ...
Bridge Over the River Kwai
... . More commonly known as the Bridge Over the River Kwai or Death Railroad. Built during WWII by the Japanese, to connect Thailand and Burma. Over 15,000 prisoners of war (American, Australian, British and Dutch) died building the bridge. Tour was ...
Kanchanaburi - Day trip from Bangkok
... my visas for Vietnam and Cambodia. It will take a few days to process, so rather than sit on the Khoasan Road I've been to Kanchanaburi for the day. It wasn't the most professionally run tour, but it was enjoyable all the same. To start with, just by pure ...
Death Railway
... what happened during the construction of the railway, but obviously, quite depressing. Just outside the museum there is the Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery which commemorates the prisoners of war who died during the construction of the Death ...
Ayutthaya to Kanchanaburi
Just another 4 1/2 hours in a bus today to arrive at Kanchanaburi at around 2pm. Wherever we ended up did not seem to have too much in the way of budget accommodation, but what there was was nice and had a pool so the boys are happy. Room is about ...
Bruce Willis Ruins All Films
... Nikki did her Open Water course, during which she completed 4 dives and was reassured she would not encounter a whale in Gulf of Thailand. She learned the acronym involving Bruce in order to remember how to do a "buddy check" from ...
Arrived in Koh Samui
Things are on the up! Katrina's finally got her rucksack, we've got the legal stuff sorted for the wedding and we managed to get the hell out of Bangkok. We did some rapid island hoping taking in Koh Phi Phi and Koh Phangan and have now been ...
Baby Tigers!!
Today I ran a bunch of errands and got myself set up for at least 3 days of activities in Kanchanaburi. This morning, I walked down to the actual Bridge over the River Kwai. It has been rebuilt a few times since the first bridge built by POWs, ...
The epic Full Moon Party
... , their epic birthday parties became known internationally as the Full Moon Party, putting the small island of Koh Phang Nan, Thailand, on the map for any traveling party person. The Full Moon Party was similar to a carnival, but transported ...
Bridge on the River Kwai
... yesterday, not that difficult as some English girls were stomping round the gaff at that time anyway, and hopped on the train to Kanchanaburi where the actual Bridge on the River Kwai is. The train ride was nice, 3rd class only but was nice and ...
Chang Mai
... transfer us from the train station. Name on a wee placard and everything. Quality. Second biggest city in Thailand but streets ahead of bangkok in the chilled vibe stakes. We had booked our three day trekking trip for the next day ...
Markt auf dem Wasser und River Kwai Bruecke
Heute morgen sind wir aus Bangkok abgereist. Das Tagesziel war ein Nachtzug. Insgesamt war der Tag heute sehr fahr-reich. Zuerst ging es zu ca. 1,5 Stunden zu einem Markt auf dem Wasser. Eigentlich koennte man die Geschaefte auch gut an Land abwickeln, ...
Full Moon Tonight: I may Not go...
... family. Yes, 'Ya Bah' or Amphetamine. A drug that's widely used among construction workers, drivers, and even dieters in Thailand is very dangerous. It can make one do crazy and extreme things like killing one own family, doing suicide, and even ...
Scooting Around the Countryside
After the late night, we decided to stay in Kanchanaburi another day and see some of the local temples we hadn't made it to yet. We had been debating renting motor scooters for a few days, as they look a little less intimidating ...
Tempered Traditions
... Thai Woodcarving Cultural center, which was filled with local craftsman and beautiful woodwork. After leaving Central Thailand, I headed west by road to the city of Kanchanaburi. After a brief but refreshing lunch, I proceeded to the World War II Museum ...
Museums and Memorials
... find were some sex tourists and lots of empty bars. It seems all the political and financial troubles have taken their toll and tourism is suffering, at least in Kanchanaburi. We played a few games of pool, had a few drinks and went to bed. ...
Non Existant Rivers and Ensuing Carnivals
... very well versed in their knowledge of local attractions, so I pressed again. ‘Jing ruu, mair nahm kwai thii Kanchanaburi?’ ,‘Really, the river Kwai in Kanchanaburi?’. He digested this for a moment, untangling my tones then ...
Bangkok still
We are still in Bangkok though starting to enjoy it a bit more. Last night we went to Vertigo Bar on the top of a hotel. Very plush and a tad on the expensive side for our budget but absolutely amazing views of Bangkok at night. Today we got the ...
The Orphanage & Bridge Over the River Kwai
... a movie in the van. The kids chose to watch Happy Feet. As it turned out, the copy must have been a Thailand Special (fake). The movie was perfect, but the subtitles that played during the movie had our whole family laughing hysterically ...
Tiger Temple & River Kwai
... of thing on South Park. Anyway. We left Bangkok when I felt well enough to travel and took a local (not tourist) bus to Kanchanaburi. It took three hours, cost 85 baht each, and was sooo comfortable. Screw tourist buses, from now on we're going ...
War, wild cats and waterfalls
... red-car to our guest house = sore bums! Although I wanted to stay on Koh Tao longer, Naomi really wanted to visit Kanchanaburi- (about 2 hours west of Bangkok and close to the border with Manamar/ Burma) because of its historic past and natural beauty. ...
Hell Fire Pass on a minature Harley copy.
I am a little disappointed by the tours that they offer. The one I took to the Death Railway zipped us here and there with a guide whose Englis was not good - but hundred times better than my Thai. Anyway I decided to hire a motor bike and do ...
Leaving Thailand
Day two in Kanchanaburi: Incredible scenery on the slow train from Bangkok. We've kayaked the River Kwai and communed with the tigers at Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno. Baby wild boars the size of Pomeranians (also at the Wat) are the cutest things ...
Goodbye Cambodia
... but basically we arrived somewhere in the afternoon, made our plans, and booked if we needed to for the next day. Kanchanaburi and Pha Nga in Thailand were the only tours - everything else we did on our own. At least that way if someone is ...
River Kwai, Kanchanaburi - Part 1
... train station to book not only our tickets to Chiang Mai which we knew we needed to book early but also to get transport to Kanchanaburi which is around 100 miles from Bangkok to the West. All our guide books said it was about 3 hours by train but ...