Day 141 - Day two of Elephant Haven, Death Railway and Ping Pong Shows

Yay, we shovelled shit before breakfast! But it was actually good fun.

Day 141 - 11th November

Day two of the sanctuary began much the same as the first with feeding and walking with the elephants. Those trunks have some real power behind them and those six women can definitely put away a fair amount of fruit, vegetation and rice-banana balls.

So beautiful.

By lunch time, we observed a minute silence for those lost in the wars, a nice tribute I thought from me and my English contingents, 

Yep, we were allowed to walk along the railway track a few minutes after seeing it in use.

In the afternoon, we visited Death Railway used to transport prisoners of war. It was a beauty view and it was hard to picture so many prisoners coming via that route. Nonetheless, we walked a eight hundred metres down the track until we reached an opening and sat in quiet reflection for 10 minutes or so.

Lead and thou shall follow

On the way back we visited a cave and I went into a confined space and found it took my breath away - literally, not metaphorically.

She loves rolling in the mud.

In the afternoon, we watched the elephants bathe in the mud bath again before going to watch them swim again. For their size, they sure are mobile. It was great to see them wandering freely and enjoying their time walking the forest in search of food. It was a shame to leave them behind.

I'd definitely recommend this sanctuary - there is no riding or anything untowards going on. It's all about the animal's welfare.

After an hour in a mini van back to Kanchanaburi bus station, we teamed up with Winnie and Bow and took another mini van back to Bangkok. It was a bumpy, swerving and sharp braking experience but we made it back alive and well.

We then met up with Paul, a family friend of Dave's who kindly showed us around Central Bangkok and treated us to drinks in a beer and ale specialist bar. A special thanks to Paul for his generosity.

The Hangover hotel.

We made our way over to Lebau, the hotel where The Hangover 2 was found but I was somewhat disappointed. Sure the view was spectacular but that was soured by the pretentiousness and lack of manners from a senior bartender. I came away feeling underwhelmed, a feeling I think the other four guys felt too.

Good photo on top of the Lebau Hotel

So we headed back to Khaosan Road for cheap beer and fun. After umming and ahhring, we decided to go see a ping pong show. It was a very interesting experience. There were ping pong balls, bunting, and even coke coming out of orafices. It was surreal but we all had a great laugh at the experience so it was worth the trip.

More beers back at Khaosan and we were then ready to crash. So going from observing and interacting nature's finest to observing and interacting with Bangkok's finest was quite a movement up and down the scale. What a day, aye?