Thailand pt4: Kwai and Ko Samet

So many beautiful things already, but here is a lot more! This post I will show you our trips to the river Kwai in Kanchanaburi and the island Ko Samet. Let’s start with our journey to Kanchanaburi. The river Kwai was made famous by the movie ” bridge on the river Kwai”, even though the …

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Thailand pt3: Jungles of Khao Yai

We traveled to the jungles of national park Khao Yai on the second day we arrived in Thailand, jetlag and all! The first evening we went out to go to a batcave. On the way we visited a local market where they sold all kinds of vegetables from the mountains around it, but there were …

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Thailand pt2: Ancient Temples

Thailand is marked by many splendid temple complexes, often covered in gold and beautiful patterns. We visited a couple in Bangkok, but also went to the more mysterious abandoned and overgrown temples of Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya used to be the capital of Thailand (or the kingdom of Siam) and was founded in 1350. There are stories …

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Thailand pt1: Busy Bangkok

Thailand pt1: Busy Bangkok For Christmas and New Year we traveled to Thailand! I didn’t realize how diverse Thailand actually is, you can find old temples, a cyberpunk city, jungles full of monkeys and snakes, and beautiful white sanded beaches. We went to all of that! I’ve divided the posts up in to four parts: …

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