Day Trip: Kanchanaburi & Erawan

Day trip to Kanchaburi & Erawan National Park today. Only 7 in the group and I was the only girl. Super weird as that’s never happened before.

A two hour drive takes us to Kanchanaburi where we visit the Jeath War Museum and a reconstruction of the bridge over River Kaui. The history lesson today was about a time during World War 2 where POW’s captured by Japan were forced to build a railway between Myanmar and Thailand. Over 6000 died in the process.

An hour away is Erawan National Park, home of 7 waterfalls. It takes about an hour to get the the 7th one but you’re free to walk as far as you want. I did make it all the way but somehow the view wasn’t as impressive as the photos online.

The weather is humid and we are dripping even before we get to the 3rd waterfall. You can swim in some of the waterfalls but I opted out and just walked around the pool of the 7th.

The drive back to Bangkok is long but after a quick dinner, I popped up to the hotel rooftop pool & jacuzzi. No one was there so I ended up having the place to myself and sipping a caramel milkshake.Read more