Outside of Bangkok - Kanchanaburi & Ayuthaya

Biking around the ruins of what used to be the capital of Thailand... Ayuthaya. Very cool! But we had to hit a local swimming pool later that day to cool off.

Ruins - much prefered over the temples (Wats) which all look the same to us....

Biking ( Brandon, Franz-Josef, and Jesse)

In Kanchanabury (which we found to be mostly a

tourist trap, but at least we were trapped with some cool

travelers) we enjoyed our trip to the 7 falls the best -

this pic is looking down into the national park.

Swimming in the falls - if you wern't quick to get out

of the water the fish would suck on your feet (not a fan!)

Tiger temple... tourist trap but still an experience...

At least where we stayed in Kanchanaburi was

awesome - A house on the River Khwae

Our first experience "river rafting" pretty chill...

Ride on the "death train" (built by WWII POWs)

River Khwae bridge and tracks

(also where we spotted our first elephant)

This floating market was the first tourist trap we encountered.. and while it only sells goods to

tourists now it is still quite a sight and indicator of what used to be.


We finally made our way out of Bangkok... to the Kanchanaburi Provence and then to Ayuthaya. Kanchanaburi was quite the tourist trap because it's difficult to get around without a car - we joked that they trade tourists like the stock market....and it's pretty accurate. Ayuthaya was better and we met some cool Austrians/Germans on the trip and traveled with them for a few days so that was nice.