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Back to Thailand to complete our trip to the North of Thailand which was interrupted when COVID 19 changed the world. The last week of our trip is relaxing in Khao Lak after having a busy few months. Read more
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    The Floathouse

    September 30, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C

    The FloatHouse River Kwai Resort is a nature hideaway. Each room is a spacious floating villa which is totally private and rich in custom tailored-made teakwood furniture with thatched roofing creating a smooth blend between local artistic traditions and the natural environment.

    We have been here before and loved it, so this time we are staying a few days to really enjoy the Resort.    Read more

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    Dinner

    Sep 30–Oct 3, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    Dinner and drinks. Our meal was very ordinary, not your usual flavours of Thailand. We did know from our last visit that the food was basic but hoped for a change.

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    River View Jungle Rafts

    October 1, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    River Kwai Jungle Rafts Resort is on the River like our Resort and is owned by the same people. This resort offers an authentic floating accommodation experience similar to ours but the main difference is that it is an ecology conservation concept, the entire Hotel does NOT use electricity but rather utilizes traditional kerosene lamps at night, maintaining a true eco hideaway in nature.

    The Hotel staff mostly live in the Mon Village which is right behind the Hotel.    Read more

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    Mon Village

    October 1, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    The Mon still live a traditional, simple life. They make almost no use of electricity, and the little bit they use is from solar power. The village has been slightly adapted for tourism, with the people selling traditional skirts and foods to their visitors. We walked through the village to the Golden Rock, the temple, the school and walked past a number of traditional houses on poles, to keep them safe from the water during raining season.Read more

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    Sai Yok Yai Waterfall

    October 1, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C

    Sai Yok Yai waterfall, known by local residence as Nam Tok Khao Pung, has been widely famous for a long time. The name Khao Pung which means crumbled mountain is derived from the natural occurrence of the waterfall, eroding limestone cliffs to create steps that descend down in many levels to the foothills and finally falls down a 15 metres high limestone crag.Read more

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    Tham Lawa (Lawa Cave)

    October 1, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    These caves are the earliest known in Kanchanaburi. They were discovered with ancient human skeletons in the cave. It is presumed that this may have been a prehistoric human habitat. The cave entrance is quite small,while the inside is very large. The cave is divided into many rooms with different characteristics.

    What made this an interesting tour was our guide, she was only 7 years old. She did not speak any English so Lid, our tour guide translated.

    We had to walk up over 100 stairs to the entrance. John could not manage these, so he remained with the driver. Inside the caves were lots of bats and it was difficult to walk around. They are not like our Jenolan Caves but still quite interesting and worth the visit.

    Another interesting fact about these caves is that they are directly behind our resort. However, due to the terrain and John's knee it was not possible to walk back to the resort, so we drove for about 20 min and then back on a boat again for 10 min trip to the Resort.

    Another full day today. Tomorrow is going to be about relaxation as we will be remaining at the resort.    Read more

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    Dinner

    October 1, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

    Dinner tonight was much better. Cocktail, beer, spring rolls, pad thai, sweet and sour pork, and a very naughty dessert.

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    Good Morning

    October 2, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Lovely view from our floating room. Today is about enjoying the quiet and relaxing as we are staying here all day. Breakfast, read and puzzles on the deck, lunch, more reading on the deck, massage, and dinner. It's my kind of day.Read more

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    Living the Dream

    October 2, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 31 °C

    Today was lovely not doing anything. I did lots of reading, John caught up on some computer work and puzzles. A lazy day does not go without saying we enjoyed morning tea which was Japanese croissants, which are more like a doughnut, lunch was BBQ chicken wings and pizza and afternoon tea was a muffin and a pastry. Finished off with massages. Dinner in a few hours.Read more

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    Bhutsaya Khiri Sri Suvarnabhumi

    October 3, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Wat Khao Tham Thiam is located at the foot of Tham Thiam Hill, 200 meters at his highest point. The site dates back to the Dvaravati period (6-11th C AD). Bhutsaya Khiri Sri Suvarnabhumi a giant stone Buddha image in Suphanburi province that belongs to the nearby Buddhist temple Wat Khao Tham Thiam.Read more

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    Bang Pa-In Summer Palace

    October 3, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    The next site was first used by the royal court as a summer retreat in the 17th century. However, the Palace was destroyed with the fall of Kingdom of Ayutthaya and was restored by King Rama IV in the mid-19th century. Most of the buildings that exist today date from the reign of King Rama V, who regularly spent his summers there. The structures represent a variety of architectural styles, set in a large park around ponds and waterways.Read more

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    Lunch

    October 3, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Another incredible lunch. It does seem we are eating a lot but Lid our guide's family run a restaurant and he really loves his food and taking clients to restaurants that specialize in the visiting regions food. Ayutthaya specialty is fried vegetables.Read more

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    The Wat Mahathat Ayutthaya

    October 3, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Wat Mahathat (Temple of the Great Relics) is located almost right in the center of Ayutthaya. Apart from being the symbolic centre where the Buddha's relics were enshrined, Wat Mahathat was also the residence of the Supreme Patriarch or leader of the Thai Buddhist monks. The temple is believed to be built during the 14th century A.D. (the early Ayutthaya period).

    The main prang collapsed during the Ayutthaya period, but was restored. It collapsed again in 1911, so only the foundation of the main prang remains at present.    Read more

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