After leaving the beautiful islands was made our way back to Bangkok. After a short stay we headed out to a town called Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi is a kind of hub city for people looking to go on day trips to places like National Parks, Erawan Waterfalls, the bridge over the River Kwai, and the Tiger Temple.We spent 4 days in Kanchanaburi (It took me awhile to be able to say it and spell it so I am going to say it a lot.) We stayed at a hostel called Sam's House which was nice and had AC...which gave it major bonus points. On our first day in Kanchanaburi we took a trip out to the Erawan Waterfalls. They are a series of waterfalls that are found inside a National Park. You can swim in all of the pools below the waterfalls and there is even a natural slide you can go down. Before you dive in for a dip they warn you about the local fish that are found in the pools below the waterfalls...they like to nibble on you. Kayla was not a very big fan of this idea. At first we thought that they would just be little minnows. We were wrong. Some of them were huge! The pool below the waterfall with the natural slide had a school of very active/aggressive fish. As soon as you stepped in the water they would swarm around you and start darting in for a little nibble. Here is a video that shows what can be found under the surface of the water.
Once you got used to the fish you could take a nice break from the heat in any of the pools. The water was nice and cold and we did not want to get out and hike back out of the park. The Erawan waterfalls were nothing like Iguacu Falls in South America. They were really quite small but they provided a nice break from the heat.
We even saw some monkeys while in the National Park.
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