CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 The bridge is usually crowded, duing covid one has a good opportunity for selfies 🙃 Time for dinner at this restaurant, which offers nice riverviews and excellent food. We ended the evening with a stroll over the night market. 3
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Let's visit the elephants. Elephant's world is a sanctuary for elephants. No picture painting, no show, no elephant riding or other stupid stuff. You can watch and feed the animals. That's all and I like it that way. The dogs were watching over the proper food distribution....or hoping that there would be some nice piece of meat for them in the basket. 1 1
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Den Erawan National Park is famous, had been there around 25 years ago.At 38 degrees it is no fun to climb to all 7 stages of the waterfall, but, hey, I am still young. 🤪 4
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 The path is being upgraded, but there are many empty bags and waste thrown around. They should keep it clean during construction. Still some obstacles on the new path: Getting a bit dangerous here with the wooden remains barely holding up. Yesssssss, we have made it. Okay, nothing spectecular to be seen here. Won't do that climb again. 1
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Our next hotel was a dream: River Kwai Resotel. We had to do a major detour to reach it but it was worth it. Good Covid price and it was just fantastic. Food was great as well, I could have chilled there a bit longer. 2
Derek Dangleberries Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, CampariO said: Let's visit the elephants. Elephant's world is a sanctuary for elephants. No picture painting, no show, no elephant riding or other stupid stuff. You can watch and feed the animals. That's all and I like it that way. The dogs were watching over the proper food distribution....or hoping that there would be some nice piece of meat for them in the basket. Thank you very very much for the shout out to Elephant World. Wonderful place and definitely a recommendation for those younger and more active than us to spend the whole day there. They come and collect you at your hotel and bring you back for free. A Dangleberry family favourite 2 1
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 The nexts stops were quickly ticked off: Hin Dad Hot Spring, while a hot spring is nice in a cold country, I can't enjoy it in Thailand. Putting the feet in for a couple of minutes and off we go to have lunch. We waited over an hour for a simple meal. During this time the same song was played over and over again on the speaker system of the restaurant. The waitress was too busy with her phone to notice. Khao Laem Sky walk was closed. Nothing exting, it wasn't that high. A Sky walk????? The Si-Nakharin-Dam is just around the corner. Ok, but I think all dams are the same. Why I always have an urge to put a bag of dynamite at the foot of the dam? 1
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Good to see that some of the members are still with me.The Hellfire Pass is another frequently visited place in Kanchanaburi.One enters a small building with an exhibition hall and you can obtain an audio system. Everything is clean and well kept. Amazing. 4
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Overall not much to see. It is difficult to imagine how the prisoners were working here. Ahhh, now I understand why everything is taken care of well. 2
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 From Hellfire Pass to Pilok Village it takes around 2.5 hours for 110 km. Not much to see on the way. 1
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Pilok is a subdistrict of Pha Phum in the province Kanchanaburi. Its main settlement, Ban I-tong, is a remote village on the Myanmar border. There were som nice images picturing a romantic village on the net, so it was a must for Mrs. CO to have a visit. She wasn't so sure anymore when she saw the road conditions for the next 30 km on the navigation screen. It was pure hell. 1
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) And that was it. A small lake, a couple of houses and guest houses. No proper restaurants or hotels. There were some tents you could stay in. We were hesitating. The idea of doing those 30 km once again wasn't really stimulating, but we finally decided to go back and look for a proper place to sleep. The choices were slim, so we took the next place we saw to have a roof over our heads, as there was a storm approaching. It almost became the last night of our lives. [Dramatic background music playing..... sound of thunder getting louder....] Edited September 25, 2021 by CampariO 2
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) The storm became stronger and closer. Lightning everywhere and torrential rains. We were in the center of a massive tropical storm. Suddently the lights went out and there was a loud bang. I thought something fell on our house. I opened the door but couldn't see much. It was dark and the rain reduced visibility. It looked like a small tree fell on the bungalow next door. As there was nobody living in it, we went back and tried to sleep. The next morning offered a sight of destruction. The bungalow next door: This was not the only tree that had crashed. A huge ailing tree just in front of our place was split in half and fell on a group of cement buffalows which had now a bad back. If it had fallen to the other side, it would have hit our roof and I don't think it would have stayed intact. Edited September 25, 2021 by CampariO 4
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 The Uttamanusorn-Bridge, also known as Mon-Bridge is a wooden pedestrian bridge in Tambon Nong Lu in Sangkhla Buri, north-west of Kanchanaburi.At a length of 850 m it is the longesth woodden bridge in Thailand and the second longest in the world. 4
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 We took a longtail boot to the 3 sights, some old temples and half finished buildings. 3
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 Even in this remote area the kids are plaing on their phones. 2
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 On the way back to Kanchanaburiv we visited another tiger temple. Years ago there was a tiger hiding in the cave an one could hear his roars. Or someting like this. 2
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 We spent another night in Kanchanaburi and then travelled to the south. The night in Prachuap was pretty boring, no night life at all. On google map I found a single pub, but it was closed. Though there were 2 German restaurants. We stayed at the Prachuap Grand Hotel. 2
CampariO Posted September 25, 2021 Author Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) That's it for the first part of our trip. If you like you can see the second part in the souther section of this forum: Krabi, Ao Nang, Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, Koh Lanta, James Bond islands and Khao Lak. Part 2 Edited September 25, 2021 by CampariO 2
Krapow Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 Kanchanaburi is one of my favourite places in Thailand. I've been to most place in your thread, and we have volunteered a few times at Elephant World. What's on this thread is what i'm more interested in Thailand compared to say Pattaya, but to each their own.
Atticus Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 A very informative and entertaining travelogue. Thank you. You never quite know what quirky little things you will find at some of the temples around the country.
thegrogmonster Posted September 26, 2021 Posted September 26, 2021 20 hours ago, CampariO said: On we go to Tham Krasae at River Quai next to the railroad. If one doesn't have a car, the train is leaving Kanchanaburi at 10:44h, arriving at 12:15 Uhr in Sai Yok. At 16:00h the train is returing and arriving 17:30h in Kanchanaburi. As a Railway man of 37 years thank you for this photo.
thegrogmonster Posted September 26, 2021 Posted September 26, 2021 20 hours ago, CampariO said: On we go to Tham Krasae at River Quai next to the railroad. If one doesn't have a car, the train is leaving Kanchanaburi at 10:44h, arriving at 12:15 Uhr in Sai Yok. At 16:00h the train is returing and arriving 17:30h in Kanchanaburi. As a Railway man of 37 years thank you for this photo.
Horizondave Posted September 26, 2021 Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/25/2021 at 6:36 AM, CampariO said: Wat Pa Luang ta Maha Bua was famous for all those tigers living there. We didn`t know that it was now closed - no more tigers. There had been some shady deals going on - tigers being secretly sold during nighttime and so on... Nowadays there are a couple of wild pigs, goats and dears which looked quite pitiful. They are being fed but I don't think anybody is taking proper care. Sad to see. That Tiger temple was closed down about 4 years ago or more. Passed it so many times but never felt the need to go in.
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