Thailand 2020

februar - mars 2020

This trip is about relaxing and visiting the Northern Part of Thailand. Les mer

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- Dag 15
- lørdag 14. mars 2020 16:00
- ☀️ 35 °C
- Høyde: 13 m
- Thailand Samphantawong 13.74, 100.5116713°44’24” N 100°30’42” E
Tour Begins
14. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
This afternoon we gathered in the lobby of the Hotel to meet our tour guide and fellow trip goers. 7 Australians and 2 New Zealanders all very well travelled.

First we went to dinner at a local Thai restaurant, it was pretty basic.

Then we went to Chinatown. It was like all other Chinatowns so not much to report. We did try some street food, if you can call pineapple and jack fruit street food, they were purchased from a street vendor. I did try a dessert pancake. It sounds weird but is actually was nice. It was a crispy pancake with egg and cream, to me it tasted like marshmallow. I forgot to take a photo of me eating one.

Now back in our room packing as tomorrow we leave at 8am. Very early for us.Les mer
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ReisendeYou travel across the world to travel with aussies and kiwis!
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- Dag 16
- søndag 15. mars 2020 07:54
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Høyde: 17 m
- Thailand Langsuan 13.74167, 100.5413°44’30” N 100°32’24” E
Leaving Bankgok
15. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We had a great time in Bangkok staying at Anantara Siam. Relaing around the pool and reading was lovely.

Today the busy part if our holiday begins. Every day we have at least 2 activities and most days hours in buses moving us between locations.Les mer
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ReisendeI guess you can’t lie around the pool forever!
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- Dag 16
- søndag 15. mars 2020 10:49
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Høyde: 9 m
- Thailand Ban Khlong Lat Ratchaburi 13.520937, 99.95907913°31’15” N 99°57’33” E
Floating Markets
15. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
First place we visited today was a palm sugar plantation, John even had a go a doing the work to melt down the sugar. On the first floor above the plantation workplace we were shown around the living space belonging to the owner.

We then visited the Floating Markets, it is know as the Venice of the East, where vendors have been selling their goods along the waters end since mid 1800's. Everyone was basically selling the same things.Les mer
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ReisendeI remember going to the floating markets. They were cool!
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- Dag 16
- søndag 15. mars 2020 18:24
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Høyde: 40 m
- Thailand Huai Hat Ngio 14.304277, 98.98021314°18’15” N 98°58’49” E
The Floathouse River Kwai
15. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
After hours in the bus we finally made it to the River Kwai.

The resort is really lovely it is totally floating and the only way to reach the resort is by boat. Each villa is spacious and totally private and rich in custom tailored made teakwood furniture with thatched roofing. The design is impressive with exotic decorations including natural materials and ropes.

We would be happy to stay here a few extra nights but sadly only 2 nights. The actual Hotel is great but the food is not the best so maybe 2 nights is all that is required.

On our return to our room after dinner a fire extinguisher had been placed at our door. This makes us feel safer as we will be able to stop a fire should one start whilst we are on the water in our wooden room.Les mer
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ReisendeVery cool hotel. Something a bit different.
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- Dag 17
- mandag 16. mars 2020 10:11
- ☁️ 32 °C
- Høyde: 210 m
- Thailand Huai Kop 14.35603, 98.9524614°21’22” N 98°57’9” E
Hellfire Pass Memorial
16. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Today started at 8.30 we had a few items on the agenda today. All very interesting and different to each other.

The first was Hellfire Pass, the memorial area is very well done and extremly informative but quite upsetting as well.

The infamous cutting known as Hellfire Pass was the largest along the length of the Thailand Burma Railway and the most deadly for the people forced to construct it.
A small gallery lays out the history of the site and memorialises the victims with interviews from people who were there. We then descended the long set of stairs behind the museum to a trail following the original rail bed.

Locally referred to as Konyu Cutting the 600m stretch earned its 'hellfire' nickname following the final 'Speedo' construction period where shifts of 500 prisoners worked 16 to 18 hours a day. The glow from burning torches cast eerie shadows of the Japanese guards and of the gaunt prisoners’ faces, so that the scene was said to resemble Dante’s Inferno. As you walk past imposing walls of rock, you catch sight of occasional nails protruding from the chiselled surface.Les mer
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ReisendeThat’s a pretty interesting historical site.
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- Dag 17
- mandag 16. mars 2020 12:14
- ⛅ 35 °C
- Høyde: 85 m
- Thailand Huai Mong Lai 14.3755, 99.1439614°22’32” N 99°8’38” E
Erawan National Park
16. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
Back on the bus and we are off to Erawan National Park and to swim in a waterfall.

Erawan National Park is located in West Thailand in the Tenasserim Hills range of Kanchanaburi Province, it is home to one of the most popular falls in the country.

Founded in 1975 as Thailand’s 12th National Park, it covers an area of 550 sq km.
The major attraction of the park is the 7-tiered Erawan Falls with emerald green ponds. There are also several impressive and long caves within the park, some of them deeper inside the park and a few of them along the roads around the park. The park and the falls are named after the three headed white elephant of Hindu mythology.

We only went to tier 2 pond as we preferred to swim rather than home to the top. This proved to be a good call because the 3 people in our group who hiked to the top looked dreadful when they got back to the restaurant for lunch. They did say it was worth the hike, however, there was not enough time and it was very hot.Les mer
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ReisendeI see you made some friends swimming at the waterfall! There are heaps of them!
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- Dag 17
- mandag 16. mars 2020 16:07
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Høyde: 63 m
- Thailand Ban Nong Khon 14.10203, 99.1684714°6’7” N 99°10’6” E
Nam Tok Railway
16. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Back on the bus and off to ride a train.

Nam Tok is the current terminus for daily trains from Bangkok on the Death Railway line. They are old trains and no air con, so it was very hot and uncomfortable.

The train line has many names, The Burma Railway, the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway. It is a 415-kilometre railway between Thailand, and Burma, built by Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II using POW's. This railway completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar).

The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and Nam Tok was reopened ten years later.

Not sure than this train was worth the long drive in the bus to get there, the very hot conditions on the train and then bus ride back to the resort, but we can say we did it.Les mer
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ReisendeWas it better than the Christmas steam train at Olympic park??
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ReisendeHmmm interesting comparison
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- Dag 17
- mandag 16. mars 2020 17:20
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Høyde: 49 m
- Thailand Huai Phu Toei 14.28279, 98.9989114°16’58” N 98°59’56” E
Back at the Resort
16. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Back at the resort relaxing and watching the water run very fast down the river and having a nice cold drink before dinner.

Tomorrow is another full day and we will start at 8.30am again.
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ReisendeNice jackets. Safety first!
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- Dag 18
- tirsdag 17. mars 2020 08:21
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Høyde: 37 m
- Thailand Huai Hat Ngio 14.30333, 98.9814°18’12” N 98°58’48” E
Leaving River Kwai Resort
17. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Leaving this morning for more driving and sightseeing.

Today is Temple Day we are driving to Ayutthaya.
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ReisendeOh, more temples... you didn’t see enough on your last holiday?
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- Dag 18
- tirsdag 17. mars 2020 10:05
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Høyde: 31 m
- Thailand Ban Phrueksa Kan 14.041678, 99.50426214°2’30” N 99°30’15” E
Bridge over River Kwai
17. mars 2020, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
After a short drive we arrived at the River Kwai Bridge.

During WW II, Japan constructed the metergauge railway line from Ban Pong, Thailand to Thanbyuzayat, Burma. The line passing through the scenic Three Pagodas Pass runs for 250 miles it is also known as The Death Railway.

The railway line was meant to transport cargo daily to India, to back up their planned attack on India. The construction was done using POWs and Asian slave laborers in unfavorable conditions. The work started in October 1942 was completed in a year.

Due to the difficult terrain, thousands of laborers lost their lives. It is believed that one life was lost for each sleeper laid in the track.

At the nearby Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, around 7,000 POWs, who sacrificed their lives in the railway construction, are buried. Another 2,000 are laid to rest at the Chungkai Cemetery.

Allied Forces bombed the iron bridge in 1944. Three sections of Bridge River Kwai were destroyed. The present bridge has two of its central spans rebuilt.Les mer
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Reisende😙😙😙😙 (that’s whistling the bridge over the river Kwai song that we used to march to at primary school!)
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ReisendeDad whistled whilst we walked along the bridge
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