New Years Day:
*Wat Pho- the oldest and largest temple in Bangkok; has the largest reclining Buddha (15 m high and 46 m long)
*Grand Palace
1/1-1/3: Kanchanaburi and nearby
*Kwau River Bridge (Death Railway Bridge)- It was built by prisoners of war in WWII. It was estimated that construction would take 5 years, but pows were forced to complete it in 16 months. Of the 200,000 POWs, over 100,000 died from exhaustion, starvation and disease. The bridge was destroyed by allied planes in 1945, but it has since been restored and is used for traveling to Burma today. (We had to "scoot over" when a train came).*World War II and Jeath War Museum (The picture was taken from the Museum's dock. The platform and cart in the foreground are just models.)
*We drove moterbikes to Saiyok Noi Watefall (it took about an hour and the scenery was amazing!!)
*We stayed in "river-raft rooms." Although paying $4.5o per person for both nights may give you an idea of the quality of the rooms, the view from our room was worth way more!!
*Tiger Temple-monastary/wildlife reserve place.
*Erawin National Park/Falls- amazing!! I want to go back! There are 7 tiers of waterfwalls and fish-filled pools.
Jan 11th
*Field trip to Damnedsaduak Floating Market, the only all white temple in Thailand, and Siam Cultural Park/Wax Museum
January 12th
Jatuchak (JJ) Market and lots of getting around by bus and skytrain--
JJ is a weekend market with about 15,000 stalls and an estimated 200,000 visitors each day. It is huge and sells just about everything!! (animals, furniture, clothing, kitchenware, 8 feet tall scrap metal Star Wars figures...you name it and it's theres.) I got myself lost for a couple hours; of course, I didn't really consider myself lost until my arms were full with bags and I was ready to return to the group.
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