Baan Suan Fon Hotel Kanchanaburi

... forward and manipulated the jagged rocks downward to another ladder.<br>The humidity rose sharply - every foothold was now coated with water - every rock slippery. I could see several holes that were big and deep enough to fit a leg into for a very long time, and even if I missed them, I would probably be sucked by gravity into the next ladder-assisted drop. I considered turning back, then stopped myself from being such a fanny. The silence and cramped environment felt ...

... and the more photos that we saw, the more the place, though originally well intentioned, seemed to have become unethical and dubious in its treatment of the tigers. Having chatted to some local ex-pats, our mind was made up. The tigers are largely under-nourished, evidently drugged and spend most of their time chained up; we didn't want to give our money to a project like that. You get the feeling that Tony would not consider it to be grrrrreeeeaaaat.<br><br>Nevertheless, there ...

... long in such a long time. People went up and sang the most ridiculous things you could think of. Some took it seriously, some got up there with the intention of making an ass of themselves and then there was one girl from Taiwan who went up and just shocked everyone with how amazing she was at singing. It was blast to watch and I had a great time getting people up there to make an ass of themselves.<br> The last day was relatively very short and uneventful. We ...

... as nothing else was open at 10.30pm. So what do we do? Buy a party pack of the *******s! 12 Dunkin' Donuts! Needless to say we ate 2/3 each before feeling sick and giving up. They didnt keep on the train and we ending up binning of them.<br><br>Although we did buy a horrible looking dinner from a guy walking up and down the aisle. Rice, ried egg, crushed pork and a shed load of chillis. Sweating under a bit of clingfilm. Very spicy and not that nice!<br><br><br><br>Next post - Chiang Mai!

So named because of the high number of prisoners of war who died building it, we took a ride to Nam Tok for the scenery. And what a surprise that scenery turned out to be. But before we even caught the train I received a surprise of my own. Taking the rubbish out like good guests we are I sleepily stepped off the river raft onto the stairs and came face to very close face with a snake. As it turned out the snake was more frightened ...

... a cultural experience of Thai life! It was a heaving affair of bright lights, thumping music, food stalls and fairground games such as hoopla, darts and shooting. There was a boxing ring set up on one side of the fair where a hundred or so men, from 9 years up to adult, were entering themselves into Mai Tai fights. They were paired off according to size and we watched a few fights - nail-biting and superbly agile - powerful kicks to the chest and ...

... of good's triumph over evil) and the paintings are so captivating. We only have time to make it to the climax of the story, when Rama kills the 8-headed dragon before we had to rush off to catch our train. We get back to the train station just in time for me to grab my bag from the "cloak room" (I gave myself a 50/50% chance of having my bags when I returned to the train station, and was mentally prepared to be without a bag ...

... to touch real live tigers. Now there's an opportunity you can't let slip by! Finally, I saw a Buddhist monk talking to one of the volunteers, so I asked her if it was offensive to ask to have my picture taken with one, after he'd walked off. She said it wasn't, but you're not allowed to touch them! So she called him back, and I had my photo taken, after being told to sit down while he stood to the side. I hope that makes up for my unfortunate foot incident yesterday!

... city, we also visited their World War II museum and the War Memorial in a large cemetery which contains the remain of 6,982 prisoners of war who died during construction of the Death Railway. After lunch I somehow managed to trade a comfortable air conditioned bus for the back of an open truck with a group of Ozzies, Irish and English people... but we were all going to see tigers.....

... adventure rommet på Hurdal....Tempelet ble åpnet i 1994 og folk i området brakte skadete dyr hit for at munkene skulle ta hånd om dem. Noen dyr kom også av seg selv. Det finnes nå mange forskjellige dyr som går løse på området. Men det flotteste ** nok tigrene som ** h**. Tig**ung** har blitt funnet morløse i jungelen og brakt til tempelet. Ett**hv**t har tigrene også parret seg og nye ung** har kommet til v**den. Tigrene kan man klappe hvis man tørr, og det gjorde vi - en ...