Yet Another Month has Passed

Myself and a friend from Germany made a trip to Kanchanaburi for one week. Kanchanaburi National Park was a short trip from Bangkok and was a nice retreat vacation area from the hectic Bangkok City.  Travel to Kanchanaburi was most practical by bus and departed from the North Station. The bus cost 400 baht or 13 US Dollars for a one way fare. You can acquire a bus directly to the National Park. In Kanchanaburi I visited a tiger temple and participated in elephant bathing. Kanchanaburi, which is located where the Khwae Noi and Khwae Yai rivers converge into the Mae Klong river. Its location at the edge of a mountain range keeps it much cooler than the other provinces of central Thailand. There was also the Erawan Waterfalls National Park with astonishing waterfalls and hiking trails.

I met a friend from Hawaii who is doing missionary work in Indonesia. Visiting Indonesia was great as I arrived in Bali and took a small trip to Komodo National Park to see the Komodo Dragons and do some snorkeling in the most amazing coral habitat I have ever witnessed. Bali is the largest tourist destination in Indonesia and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music.

On the way to indonesia I visited Singapore. My trip to Singapore was a return to a truly developed country as it was very organized and modern. The country is highly urbanized with very little primary rainforest remaining. Singapore is a very diverse and young country. It has many languages, cultures and religions for a country its size. While in Singapore I visited multiple botanical gardens, took a boat cruise, saw china town and visited one of the casinos. Airfare to Singapore cost 4500 baht or 150 US dollars. I then took a plane from Singapore directly to Bali costing 2100 baht or 70 US Dollars.