Our last day in Kanchanaburi was a very busy one. There was too much for us to see by ourselves so we joined a tour and managed to do everything in one day. After an 8am start, we headed for the Erawan Waterfalls. It's a stunning 7 tier waterfall in the middle of a National Park. We spent a couple of hours there. We managed to climb as high as the 5th tier - was starting to get quite challenging at this point, and the heat didn't help. We decided to spend t...

We've seen monkeys, elephants, pandas and now tigers! Today, we went to the tiger temple. After a half an hour trip we went down to the monestry where many wild animals were cared for by monks including tigers. The tigers have been desensitzed by humans, and apparently as long as you dont wear colours such as red, orange or pink, you can happily stroke them whilst theyre sleeping in the midday sun. We also had photos taken with the baby cubs (they were very cute)...

Hi Everyone We've now left Chiang Mai and are in Kanchanaburi (about 150 miles west of Bangkok). On our last night in Chiang Mai we found a good bar with live music right on the riverside. We also ran into a couple from Belgium who we had met on our elephant trek the day before. Instead of getting the train back to Bangkok we got the bus - big mistake! Buses over here don't seem to have any suspension - it was like being on a rollercoaster for 12 hours. ...