We just returned from an exhausting weekend in Kanchanaburi -sleep deprived, horribly hot, filthy but absolutely satisfied! We stayed at this hostel called the Blue Star and the staff was great and we ended up booking the last two rooms at the cheapest price (phew - we traveled without having a place to stay!) Our rooms were great for such a cheap price and we were pretty close to all the other hostels, restaurants and bars. The first night we went exploring and found tons of ladyboys and dirty hippie tourists. We woke up early the next day and took a day trip to the 7 tier Erawan Waterfalls. It was absolutely mind blowing! The hike to the first four was nice and scenic but the higher we went up, the harder the struggle. The path up was downright unsafe and we stopped at most of the tiers for a quick swim or picture extravaganza. Some monks randomly stopped us to take pictures because apparently we're so beautiful covered in mud and sweat, so that was odd. We finally made it to the top and it was well worth it! The 7th layer was at least 3 cascading layers and had a sizable pool to swim in. We cooled off but then started getting nibbled on by the fish. Apparently some people love the fish biting but most of us were just creeped out. We climbed a little bit up the waterfall and relaxed for awhile before hiking back down - which was even more unsafe, if that's possible. We saw a big group of monkeys on the way down that got extremely close and there were even 3 baby ones! The waterfall took most of the day so we all went back, showered and went out to dinner.
The next day we woke up early again and had a lovely English breakfast. We took a song-taew to the Tiger Temple and the tigers were amazing!! We took tons of pictures with the tigers, got to pet them and walk around with them. There were 4 cubs that were sweet as could be and it was really funny to watch the monks play around with them like they were common house dogs. The tigers took most of our day up and before we knew it, it was time to go!
We have Mon. and Tues. off school this week for Sport Day - which is a school celebration in honor of harmony amongst the students. I was asked by several students to be in a parade in traditional Thai dress so I have to wake up at 5 am. I have literally no idea what I'm doing, in classic Thai style so it'll be a big surprise tomorrow! I'm exhausted and headed to bed, but enjoyh the pictures and hope to talk to you all soon!
All my love
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