Apple'S Retreat & Guesthouse Kanchanaburi

... 8230;on the other side you can see the Mon village (the predominate ethnic minority group from Burma residing here) with stilt houses, dusty lanes, houseboats, smoking fires, and amazing gold Burmese style temples. On the Thai side of the lake, there is about 3 streets, a 7/11 convenience store, a market, with a women who has an old singer peddle sewing machine, lots of fruit, chillies and fish drying in the sun, and the odd plastic chair road side restaurant. There is a few ...

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.<br><br><br>Anyway I decided to hire a motor bike and do my own thing. The local tourist gave me some directions and I launched forth on the biggest motor bike I could rent. A 250cc Honda. All others re mopeds. The bike looked like a minature Harley. <br><br>Road signs are not ...

... the results. So Ms. Shirley started to announce (keep in mind there were 11 teams) &#8220;In third place, the Orange Tigers.&#8221; &#8220;In 2nd place, the Brown Monkeys.&#8221; &#8220;And in 1st place and the winners of the Ninja Games&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..the Blue Vipers!&#8221; Yep, much like a down-and-out Michigan team beating a highly ranked Florida Gator team, me and my rag-tag group of students won the Ninja Games competition. The kids on my team were all jumping up and ...

... t get my bearings at all and couldn't find any landmarks that I was using previously to navigate and make sure the taxi was going were he said he was, anyway he dropped us off fine at the little one track train station, with my best thai and alot of pointing at place name in had written down, the lady looked at me shock her head. Then we managed to communicate to each other that the line was closed due to an accident and wouldn't re-open til tom, dooh. <br>Plan B, so we had to think ...

... that sits over a little pond. If possible, the food was even better this time and I ate and drank until my belly distended. All the veggie dishes were amazing and each had a different flavor. There was the dark brown peppery soup with tofu the size and shape of marshmallows, the eggplant and onion dish that was full of cilantro, the rigatoni-sized lotus root that was nice and spicy, and some other bok choi-like green that was my favorite. I slept a happy man...

... The guys took us to the volunteer house a few minutes walk from the main house which was more plush than we'd expected - a western toilet, hot shower, even a kettle and toaster for when we fancied a snack or cup of tea. We settled in, had showers and got a pretty early night ready for an early start the next morning. The next couple of weeks were a whirlwind of excitement and the most rewarding and memorable experience we have ever had and one we we ...

... others to go in and come back out which took forever! i was told that it wasn't worth it anyway and apparently there is a better thing to do there whch is a morning session where the tigers are more active so i will do that next time. Time to head home which is about a 3 hour trip. it was good on the way back as we all chatted about different things and made the ...

... and brother this time. Went to the river and rode on bamboo rafts-flat, with four cross bars of bamboo, strung together by thick wire wrapped around the connections. Some got out and swam...wasn't sure about how clean it was so chickened out. Dangled my legs as we drifted slowly through the foresty jungle, looking up to the mountains. Lots of butterflies dance around especially around people. Little white ones, yellow, and lavendar, and then a ...

... into the pool. After the falls, we went to the "Death Railway" and took a train ride. We ended the day with a view of the bridge over the River Kwai. All in all, a really fun (and funny!) day. Today, not to be outdone by yesterday, we went to the Tiger Temple. Originally started as a type of orphanage for a few tigers at a monastery, it has grown into quite the attraction. The tigers (and ...

... the site of a Prisoner of War Camp, run by the Japanese and used to build the Death Railway. It was estimated that 68 men were beaten to death by the Japanese guards in the six weeks it took to build the cutting, although many more died from cholera, dysentery, starvation, and exhaustion. However many more deaths occurred amongst labourers whom the Japanese enticed to come to help build the line with promises of good ...