River Kwai Hotel Kanchanaburi

... of English. She taught me to say a couple of new things in Thai (like how to call a Thai girl beautiful - I don't remember looking like a sex-hungry maniac), and told me a little about Kanchanaburi. Cool.<br>At the Kanchanaburi bus terminal I was jumped on by a rickshaw driver, who was much friendlier than the chaps in Bangkok. F*ck it yeah, I haven't been on a rickshaw yet and it was only 30 baht. During the ride I was chased by a number of Thai girls who just ...

... was stunning, displaying an ornate 3D dragon at the enterance and intricately painted walls and ceilings inside.<br> Back on the bus then for what we thought was our journey back to Bangkok. This is Thailand though and we should have known better. We were on route to the tiger temple. It sounds great but it wasn't something we wanted to do as we knew that the tigers would be chained up and we so want to see tigers in ...

... stop which was going to be a brunch and boating down the river. Brunch was served on a barge that was pulled by this tiny tugboat down the river. The best part of the tugboat was the driver though, he drove the entire way in a hammock with one hand hanging over the side on the steering wheel. We had a beautiful and delicious lunch on the river and the rest of the time everyone sat around the edges and put their feet in the water while the barge was being ...

... after a good days touristing about the place. We went for drinks again...well i couldnt drink as still on antibiotics but glenn and bruce looked after that for us.<br><br>Thursday 17/09/09<br>Today was a total washout. It rained for the entire day...so only one thing to do really.....tatto parlour. Pa decided he was going to get a tattoo so we went and he had it designed and while that was getting done Shaky and TJ decided to get one too....then Emer ...

... to catch a snake with his mouth. I held a huge pithon that was almost as heavy as me! The also put a snake in a cage with a mongoose to fight which was brilliant. <br><br>Then I stayed the night on a raft house. It was a lovely place and met some great people there who are also travelling Thailand, so im sure that I will meet up with them again. 8 of us drank beer and a bottle of rum. After waking up with a soar head I had a fried egg for ...

... into my brain-attic, dusted off my French language skills (that took a few hours), and spent most of the day speaking French, albeit with a limited vocabulary and much butchering of verb tenses. It was sooooo much fun! Ultimately, in addition to some serious physical activity yesterday, I was also working my brain hard. By the time I turned in at around 9pm last night to read and go to sleep, I was exhausted physically and mentally, and I felt ...

... that beside the monks were four tiger cubs. We were encouraged to touch the cubs and interact, taking as many photos or videos as we liked. There was no time restriction and there were also a few volunteers to the temple playing with the cubs in the pool. After about 40 mins we made our own way to the Tiger Canyon... where the adult tigers were. Walking down into the quarry we were met by a kind volunteer who advised that you could touch the adult ...

... I would have been! Five minutes later we safely arrived at our hostel;we learnt to keep our distance from dogs, and to get return taxi journeys from some of the more remote 'tourist attractions'. Day Three: Day three was by far my favourite day in Kanchanaburi. We decided to head over to Erawan National Park, to see the 7 staged waterfall. The national park had its share of King Cobras and other such dangers, as noticed by the ...

... bird was given to the monk, then a wild boar appeared in the monastery and was cared for by the monks before being released back in the wild. The first tiger cub arrived in February 1999 - the brochure describes a young female cub in poor condition after she was injected with formaldehyde to be stuffed for a wealth Bangkok resident and somehow survived. After that, more tigers started to arrive - many of them cubs whose mother was a victim of poaching. We paid ...