Thailand was a really awesome place to go. The people hassled you on the street, but not nearly as bad as Egypt so Jordan and I were pretty comfortable. We started our tour in Bangkok, but went directly to Kanchanaburi. We stayed in a great little guest house, no a/c, but big deal. We went to the Tiger Temple the first day, a sanctioned off area by monks to heal tigers that can't make it in the wild. Got to get some cool pics, love them tigers. We also checked out the Allied War Cemetary, as well as Hellfire Pass, where POW's and Asian slave labourers worked on the Burma-Thailand Railway during WW2 under horrific conditions. As Jordan and I talked about, it was neat to get a different perspective on WW2 history seeing as our education predominantly focuses on the war in Europe, not so much the Pacific. We also headed out to Erawan Falls, a 7 tiered waterfall heaven where we got to swim with the fish (who bite at you, and although it doesn't hurt, I skinned my knee falling on a rock trying to kick them away). That was refreshing considering we did nothing but sweat in Thailand.
Pics:
1) Me and one of the tigers
2) The Allied War Cemetary, mostly Australians
3) Hellfire Pass
4) Me at Erawan Falls
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