Kanchanaburi
and the River
Kwai
There's much
more to
Kanchanaburi
than the
infamous
Bridge Over the
River Kwai.
Highlights
include staying
in a raft house
on the River
Kwai and taking
the train along
the spectacular
Death Railway,
built by World
War II POWs at
the cost of
countless lives.
Diving and
snorkelling
trips to Ko
Similan
Ko Similan's
underwater
scenery is rated
amongst the ten
finest reefs in
the world, and
the best place
to arrange good
value live
aboard diving
and snorkelling
trips to this
remote chain of
national park
islands is Khao
Lak.
Trekking from
Umpang
Surrounded by
mountains and at
the end of a
rollercoaster
road known as
the Sky Highway,
the tiny village
of Umpang is the
departure point
for interesting
and untouristed
treks into the
Burmese
borderlands.
Ko Lanta Yai
Take your pick
from a dozen
long and lovely
beaches on the
forested island
of Ko Lanta Yai.
Khao Sok
National Park
Stay in a tree
house in Khao
Sok National
Park and wake to
the sound of
whooping gibbons
and the sight of
mist clad cliffs
rising from the
jungle.
Pirom's
Village Tours
Former social
worker Pirom
runs a
guesthouse in
Surin from where
he organizes low-key
tours to typical
villages in his
native Isaan,
the most
traditional and
least visited
region of
Thailand.
Wat Phu Thok
The uniquely
atmospheric
meditation
temple of Wat
Phu Thok is set
on a steep,
wooded outcrop -
clamber around
for the
spectacular
views, if
nothing else.
The Grand
Palace, Bangkok
The Grand Palace
is simply the
country's least
missable sight,
incorporating
its holiest and
most beautiful
temple, Wat Phra
Kaeo, and its
most important
image, the
Emerald Buddha.
Loy Krathong
For Loy
Krathong, a
nationwide
festival held in
honour of the
water spirits,
Thais everywhere
float miniature
baskets filled
with flowers and
lighted candles
on canals,
rivers, ponds
and seashores.
Ayutthaya
An hour to the
north of and
providing a
sharp contrast
to Bangkok, the
former capital
Ayutthaya now
resembles a
graveyard of
temples, with
grand, brooding
redbrick ruins
rising out of
the fields.
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