Forgot to add pictures of our bungalow at Thai Garden.
THE DAY TOUR.
Early breakfast as we were being picked up at 8.00am. First stop after an hours drive was The Erawan Falls, They are a set of 7 waterfalls and it's a 2km walk from the first set of water to the seventh. We made it to the fifth! The seven sets of falls are located in a shady, forest setting and the water itself is cool. You can swim, jump off the waterfalls (if you're very careful) and have picnic lunches like the locals. I swam in the fifth pool, there were fish in the water (big ones!) who like to come and say hello by nibbling on your skin. They don't bite you but they give you quite a fright. Janina did well in making it to the fifth pool as the walk between each became progressively more difficult, quite often climbing over rocks and tree roots as we struggled upwards. We were at the falls for 2.1/2 hours, which allowed the young and fit to climb up to the 7th tier. The included lunch was taken within the park.
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| Our bungalow |
THE DAY TOUR.
Early breakfast as we were being picked up at 8.00am. First stop after an hours drive was The Erawan Falls, They are a set of 7 waterfalls and it's a 2km walk from the first set of water to the seventh. We made it to the fifth! The seven sets of falls are located in a shady, forest setting and the water itself is cool. You can swim, jump off the waterfalls (if you're very careful) and have picnic lunches like the locals. I swam in the fifth pool, there were fish in the water (big ones!) who like to come and say hello by nibbling on your skin. They don't bite you but they give you quite a fright. Janina did well in making it to the fifth pool as the walk between each became progressively more difficult, quite often climbing over rocks and tree roots as we struggled upwards. We were at the falls for 2.1/2 hours, which allowed the young and fit to climb up to the 7th tier. The included lunch was taken within the park.
Next stop elephant ride and rafting. Our elephant had a 2.1/2 year old baby, and tied to its mother followed us on the 30 min walk. Started down a steep slope to the river, Janina had her camera in one hand so had trouble holding on as we were thrown from side to side and down the 45 degree slope...... but it was fun. In the river the mahouts took our cameras and took photographs. Then back up a steep slope, just as bad as going down but this time you were expecting it. Continued walking out into the countryside and back to the start.
Short ride in a long tail boat up river and transferred to a bamboo raft.
A gentle and very relaxing 30 mins as we meandered back down river. Swimming was allowed from the raft as the river was only 3ft deep.
Back on dry land we continued to Tham Krasae.While the cave here is nothing amazing the access to it along a viaduct of the Death Railway provided spectacular views over the surrounding country side, with a river sliding by far below us. The train stops here to allow passengers to jump off, take a look around and buy various touristy nick-knacks. We jumped on here and were pushed in to a mass of heaving bodies. The 4 carriages were already overflowing with tourists, so unfortunately we did not see much during the 30 min journey.
As we got off the train with hundreds of other tourists, the guides for each group were running up and down trying to locate everyone and make sure they had all got off before the train continued.
The next stop was The Bridge on the River Kwai which we had walked to on the previous day, but not had a chance to walk over. A short ride from here and arrived back at our guest house at 5.30, a long but memorable day.
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| The viaduct |
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| Train arriving at station |
The next stop was The Bridge on the River Kwai which we had walked to on the previous day, but not had a chance to walk over. A short ride from here and arrived back at our guest house at 5.30, a long but memorable day.
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| View along the rail tracks |
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