Kanchanaburi

For the rest of the NYE weekend we headed out to Kanchanaburi. We got there Thursday night, woke up Friday morning and did some site seeing. Friday, we got to WWII museums and a Temple in the early afternoon. Then later in the afternoon we got a ride to the Tiger Temple. It was really amazing. You get to sit next to and pet Tigers. They feed the Tigers before and lay them in the sun so they are tired and lazy. Brittany and I wanted to pay extra to be able to hold the head of the Tiger in our laps but when we got into the pit of Tigers, all of the Tigers started to waken up a lot of start walking around so they would not let anyone hold the heads. So we got the regular pictures instead. After we saw the Tigers we could walk around the grounds of the rest of the Temple. This Temple takes in orphaned animals and takes care of them. They had peacocks, wild boars, a camel, birds, cows, horses. Tons of different animals.

Saturday, we got up early and got on a bus to the Erawan National Park. It has a seven-tiered waterfall that is amazing. It's a 700m hike up to the seventh tier. Each tier you get to has a different waterfall look and it truly amazes you. Even hiking from one to the next is a feat. As you get higher the trail gets smaller, rockier and steeper. We spent a lot of time at the first two

tiers thinking we would have time to get to the seventh and swim at each. We started around 10am walking up to the first and got to the 5th around 2pm. We rushed up to the seventh and then got a bit of exercise running all the way back down the mountain to catch the bus at 4pm. We got to swim in some of the waterfalls, and had a really awesome time exploring the National Park. It is definitely worth the trip. And the pictures are just a small part of how amazing some of the waterfalls and views are.