I just wrote a bloody long entry that got deleted. So here goes again - in short. I got myself on one of those organized tours to Kanachanburi, which is 2 hours away from Bangkok. As in the Jeep tour up north in Chiag Mai, the whole group was Israeli. Unlike the Jeep tour, this group was much more fun. most of the time Nir and I hung out with 4 girls that we met - Anat, Shira (sisters), Shani, and Inbar. Here is what we did:
Day 1 - Friday:
1. Visited Tiger Temple - a place where wild tigers can be seen and patted. I think they were drugged though.
2. Had a boat trip along the river Kwai and saw the famous "Bridge over the River Kwai", which was built by POWs during WWII (there's a movie too).
3. Got a 30 minute foot massage (which was in fact only 22 minutes long).
4. Went to the local night market, which was mostly boring and had nothing to offer.
Day 2 - Saturday:
Today we did two things. First went to the 7 Tiers Waterfalls, which is a 2.5 km walk along which there are 7 waterfalls.The highlight was waterfall number 3, where we got into the water. What was exceptionally fun was sliding down two dome shaped rocks over which the waterfall was flowing.
The second attraction of the day was riding some elephants and bathing them in the Kwai river. Elephants are really fun creatures. They walk really slowly and seem as if nothing really bothers them. They also have the incredible ability of taking a dump while they walk (and yes, elephant poop does float).
Finally, on the way back to Bangkok Nir and I had a conversation with an older man who was traveling with with his family. As it turned out rather quickly, this person was the head of the "Lavi" project in its entirety. The conversation was extremely interesting and illuminating. (For those not familiar, the "Lavi" project was the Israeli project of constructing a state of the art jet fighter back in the 80's. The aircraft was built in as little as 4 years from scratch and used new technologies that made it a superior to F-16. Only 4 prototypes were built. The project was canceled upon completion due to American pressure.)
Once in Bangkok we did the bar thing and played some pool with the gals.
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