Thai Cooking Class at Kanchanaburi - 30.05.08!

We had another chance to go to Kanchanaburi, about 2 hours south of Thailand where it is famous for its River Kwai and Tiger Temple. Catch a bus at the Southern Bus Teminal in Bangkok and a one way ticket is around 105bht per person.
Upon reaching at our guesthouse (Ploy Guesthouse - a stylish tropical retreat at 79/2 Maenam Kwai Rd, Kanchanaburi Province, Tel: (034) 515 804), we decided to go for a cooking class which is around 750bht per person and it includes a trip to the local market and learn how to cook 3 traditional Thai dishes (green curry, phanaeng & pad thai) instead of visitng the temples again.
In this class we learnt that and more! Chef Mickey was such an entertaining host that we all enjoyed ourselves enormously.

PS: I've tried cooking tom yum goong, green curry & pad thai at home and let me tell you the lessons really worked in terms of self confidence and measurements! I made a mean tom yum & green curry! Though I might have to get more practice on the pad thai coz hubby thought mine was too sweet....;)

Kanchanaburi Tiger Temple Trip - 11 - 13.o1.2008

A continuation from my bus trip from the Southern Bus Terminal. We went on a trip to the Tiger Temple (Wat Luang Ta Bua Yanna Sampanno) and coincidently it is near the Mae Nam Kwai River where a movie titled 'The Bridge Over River Kwai' was made. We stayed next to beautiful River Kwai and I hope all will enjoy my video which I took with our canon digital camera.



It was wild and untamed, this forest monastry. I was unprepared when the volunteers started feeding the animals rite in front of me and was so afraid that I stood stock still with my video still recording. The results was magnificent! I can even now feel the rough fur of the wild boar as they brushed gently against me to get to the food next to my right foot.

The wat is famed for taking in wild tigers amids rumours that the abbot buy these animals for touristic purposes. Whatever the reason that maybe, I see an operation that is maintain by a mum and pop establishment and it is rustically appealing.

May it continue to stay and bring pleasure for all person who visits and believe that human and wild beasts can co-exist.

Southern Bus Terminal, Bangkok - 11.01.2008

After getting use to the havocs of old bus terminals in Bangkok, the new Southern Bus Terminal is a revelation. You can have a bus terminal as big as an airport with the same layout (though most of the signages are still in Thai with no English translation). Thank god for information booth. We took this trip to go to the famous Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi and hope the video can open your eyes as to how esay it is to travel by bus in Bangkok, Thailand.

Enjoy....!