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Bangkok: Road to Tiger Temple

1 Aug 2006 Back to Bangkok, this time to stroke some tigers at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, a couple of hours drive outside the city. En-route, we took in:
  • the floating market, Damnoen Saduak in Ratchaburi province,
  • a cave temple on the death railway,
  • Hellfire Pass, hand-carved by POWs out of the hillside,
  • and, of course, the Bridge On The River Kwai and the war cemetery.
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A resident peddling fruits along the canal in the floating market, Damnoen Saduak. All sorts of goods were available. Sadly, it feels very commercialised since it is such a tourist attraction, but it was still well worth visiting.
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A resident peddling fruits along the canal in the floating market, Damnoen Saduak. All sorts of goods were available. Sadly, it feels very commercialised since it is such a tourist attraction, but it was still well worth visiting.

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  • A resident peddling fruits along the canal in the floating market, Damnoen Saduak. All sorts of goods were available. Sadly, it feels very commercialised since it is such a tourist attraction, but it was still well worth visiting.
  • It was a little early for lunch when we visited (best to avoid all the other tourists), but the food looked quite appetising.
  • One can't complain at being on holiday with no less than four lovely ladies!
  • "My, that's a big engine you have there."
  • This monkey took a bit of a fright when Ali started baring her teeth to him (it was a smile, honest).
  • "Who's the daddy? I say: Who's the daddy?"
  • Preparing for the pounce. Just after this photo was taken this little fellow leapt forward with bared fangs and the fright almost bowled me over backwards!
  • Relaxing dining aboard the floating restaurant right next to the Death Railway.
  • This cave temple lies just behind the tracks of the Death Railway.
  • Hellfire pass. To quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Pass: The Australian, British, Dutch and other allied Prisoners of War were required by the Japanese to work 18 hours a day to complete the cutting. It was estimated that 68 men were beaten to death by the Japanese guards in the six weeks it took to build the cutting, although many more died from cholera, dysentery, starvation, and exhaustion.
  • Stroking tigers at the Tiger Temple. The guides take your camera and will take as many photos as you like (thank God for digital).
  • It seems quite safe, but they are very keen on security - there is always a guide waiting just out of shot ready to grab you and whisk you away in case the tigers get excited. The guides have a vice-like grip.
  • They're just big cats really.
  • Beautiful eyes.
  • Dopey. Although we are assured they are not drugged - it was getting late on what had been a blisteringly hot day.
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