Thailand Pictures!

Below are some of my favorite pictures of Thailand so far. 

This is the view from my porch for 3 nights in Kanchanaburi, which is about 2 hours west of Bangkok. While hotels are very inexpensive to stay in, you kind of get what you pay for. Not especially clean. Often they just have fans and no air conditioning. The bathrooms don't have a separate shower. When you shower the whole bathroom gets soaked. You can't throw toilet paper in the toilet and I get excited when the toilets have running water. 

Here are the 10 people in my program holding a sign with the GlobaLinks emblem. GlobaLinks is the program that we came abroad with. We are riding in a bhat bus which is basically a pick-up truck turned into a bus. There are two long benches but the back is completely open. 

Two of my friends and I riding on the baht bus.

We went hiking at Erawan Falls which is a seven-tiered waterfall. 

A tree that I saw during the hike at Erawan Falls. I'm not quite sure what it represents, but it has something to do with prayers.

Standing on the Bridge over the River Kwai.

The beautiful view from the Death Railway in Kanchanaburi.

Produce at the market in Kanchanaburi

Meat at the market in Kanchanaburi. Clearly Thailand's food standards are a little different from the United States'.

Riding an elephant! I am planning on going to Chiang Mai in a few weeks and spending a whole day with elephants!

Riding on a bamboo raft. This was after riding an elephant. It was nice and relaxing. 

The beautiful and powerful Kanchanaburi Cemetery. This is a piece of history that I never knew about. In the 1940s during WWII Japan took over and forced prisoners of wars and civilians to build a railway. It took the lives of over 115,000 people. This is one of three cemeteries commemorating their lives.

The floating market. I practiced my bargaining here. Thai people tend to overcharge pharongs (Westerners) because we are viewed as wealthy. I rode one of the boats which went to many more shops, and I bought delicious mango and sticky rice. I've been looking for more ever since. 

I loved visiting a Buddhist temple. While we were there the monks were taking classes. It was a beautiful temple with a nice market right outside of it. We went here after visiting the floating market and it was a nice change from all of the touristy shops.