Tiger Temple Tour
We had a busy but incredible time yesterday. We were up early, fed and watered then bundled off on a massive bus for a 2 1/2 hour journey. OUr first destination was the River Kwai museum which was a truly harrowing account of the PoW camps set up in the name of building the death railway. It was incredibly humbling and totally heart breaking but I am please we visited. Our generation has no idea what suffering is...
After this we went to look at the River Kwai rail crossing which is an epic feat, More so given the appalling conditions the PoW's were subjected to. The heat alone was enough to kill a man. Factor in Brutality, malnutrition, sickness and disease and you truly woul dhave had hell on earth!
Next stop was lunch which was a wonderful buffet of chicken, rice, cabbage stirfry, fried banana, tom yum soup - The list goes on and on. Afterwards we headed to the musch anticpated Tiger Temple. It was incredible. We were able to walk with the tigers, lead them, pet them, have numerous photo's with them and so on. It was amazing. We watch them play, We saw countless water buffalo, three bears, goats, cows, boar and so many more animals. We spent hours here and it was totally worth the cost and travel time.
We then headed back home which took 3 hours. We plodded down to the supermarket where we spent loads of time and a bit of money on all the things that are insanely cheap here vs home. Seriously it is crazy cheap here. Things like mentos for 50c and tiger balm for $1. We look a bit like a travelling phamacy but it's all just so cheap.
After that we headed off to the pat pong markets and shopped our way through for about 3+ hours. We picked up a few bargins and had a great time bartering. We finally crawled into be about 1am.
Today is a lazy day, A bit more shopping and definately lazing by the pool. I could get used to this.
After this we went to look at the River Kwai rail crossing which is an epic feat, More so given the appalling conditions the PoW's were subjected to. The heat alone was enough to kill a man. Factor in Brutality, malnutrition, sickness and disease and you truly woul dhave had hell on earth!
Next stop was lunch which was a wonderful buffet of chicken, rice, cabbage stirfry, fried banana, tom yum soup - The list goes on and on. Afterwards we headed to the musch anticpated Tiger Temple. It was incredible. We were able to walk with the tigers, lead them, pet them, have numerous photo's with them and so on. It was amazing. We watch them play, We saw countless water buffalo, three bears, goats, cows, boar and so many more animals. We spent hours here and it was totally worth the cost and travel time.
We then headed back home which took 3 hours. We plodded down to the supermarket where we spent loads of time and a bit of money on all the things that are insanely cheap here vs home. Seriously it is crazy cheap here. Things like mentos for 50c and tiger balm for $1. We look a bit like a travelling phamacy but it's all just so cheap.
After that we headed off to the pat pong markets and shopped our way through for about 3+ hours. We picked up a few bargins and had a great time bartering. We finally crawled into be about 1am.
Today is a lazy day, A bit more shopping and definately lazing by the pool. I could get used to this.