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Last Day of the Tour
Posted on: March 14, 2009
After a morning going round a local market (pretty mental as people kept waving frogs at us and fish were escaping and trying to make a quick get away under the stalls) we went back to Bangkok where our tour ended.
I’m so glad I went on this tour as the things I have seen and the people I have met make me so excited about the rest of my travels as only a week in and I’m having the best time.
That night we had one finally dinner before having one last night out on the town together. As you would expect it got messy…
Leah, me and Chris.
Belinda, Lucas, Chris and Nick.
Leah hammered…
The tour we went on was run by Intrepid and was pretty amazing as they ave such a good approach to every aspect of your tour. The whole tour looks at using local people and services so you can support the local people while actually experiencing Thailand properly instead of being just a person getting on and off a tour bus.
Our leader Boom was also really good as she came from the area and as well as being hilarious knew so much about where we were travelling. I have another tour with them round Cambodia in a couple of days time and so hope it is just as good – but would highly recommend Intrepid to anyone.
The previous night we went to a night market before having a few drinks in Sangkalaburi. The town is the most touristy place we’ve been to as it is only 2.5hrs away from Bangkok, although the only tourists we saw were very white geeky looking people and old western men that were by themselves trying to pick up Thai girls.
The last bar we ended up in before making our way back was a reggae bar called Land Pole, that had a local band doing hysterically bad covers of songs such as ‘Born to be Wild’.
What also made this bar slightly more mental was that the waitress was quite taken with me and kept telling me I looked like Miss Universe (I think she had been having too many of her own cocktails) – I love Thai people! I find that because at the moment I’m so white, with blond hair and blue eyes that Thai people love me and so as well as being told I look like Miss Universe I’ve been asked if I’m a movie star and told that all the men in Thailand are jealous of my ‘boyfriend’ amongst other things -going back to reality is going to be such a disappointment!
The next morning we went to the Erawan waterfalls in the national park which were gorgeous. The waterfall is made up of seven tiers, so basically broken out into seven waterfalls.
After a lot of trekking and determination we managed to make it all the way up to the seventh tier – randomly half way up the mountain I bumped into a girl I met on my first night in Bangkok. Once at the top we had a swim in the pool which was slightly cold but as it was so hot – amazing.
Once we were swimming around however we started to notice things brushing passed out feet and then started to it our feet. In my mind they were some sort of man eating crabs and although it didnt hurt they felt like little claws nibbling on you.
It was only fish however but it got to a stage that when ever you put you’re feet down they would just all swim to your feet for a munch. Very weird feeling and after a while it was getting a bit freaky to we left to make our way back down the mountain, which was a lot easier than going up it.
That evening we staying in a traditional Thai House made entirely from Teak which was gorgeous although we out sounding weird very woody, and the family there made us some of the best food we’re tasted.
The Tour Really Starts
Posted on: March 5, 2009
Tuesday the tour actually begun as drinking all night doesn’t really count although everyone was feeling a bit fragile the morning after. We all met 8 in the morning to get a bus to Kanchanaburi which was about a two hour trip.
After some quick noodle action for lunch we got on a local bus to Sangkhlaburi which was about a four hour trip. Although the distance its self wasn’t that far the journey was into the mountains which was why it took so long.
Like most drivers in Thailand they all drive like mentalists and there were points where even the Thai people were looking worried as the driver took some big corners too fast and the bus was almost went over. Just we were all about to be sick we arrived at our destination.
We’re staying in this gorgeous place called P.Guest House (it was shorted to P ages ago as the name was so long and now most people can’t remember what it stands for).
P Guest House is situated on this sloping hill which looks out over a massive lake. After spending most the day travelling we spent the rest of the afternoon messing about on a bamboo raft and swimming in the lake.
The evening was spent trying a local speciality – Burma Curry which apparently apart from in Burma you can get only in two other places in Thailand as well as more bonding over drinks.
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