Erawan falls

In Kanchanaburi, north of Bangkok in central Thailand, is this beautiful 7 tier waterfall.



We took an elephant ride down to the river. This is Ann and Renee, a great mom and daughter duo from Australia.



and then took a bamboo raft down the river.



The current was really strong but we could dive off the raft and swim. The current would drag us down river ahead of the raft and we'd have to fight to get back to the raft. i tried to stand up in the shallow parts but the current was too strong.

When we got to the falls we saw more monkeys!

The falls have 7 tiers, falling approximately 1500 meters. You start at the bottom and hike up as far as you can or want to, with the option of swimming at whatever tier you reach.


Amongst all these fish that bite hard! Not hard enough to draw blood but definitely hard enough to be disconcerting. Gorgeous clear blue water

We climbed to the top tier
This is the second tier. Beautiful.Then we went to the River Kwai

And walked over the bridge.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Thailand???