Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Tiger Wat

The guesthouse we stayed at in Kanchanaburi was really neat. They were little bungaloes out over a marsh.

The first day, we decided to do an afternoon trip to Tiger Wat. I had thought about taking my family there when they came to visit, but we were told that they drug the tigers so we didn't feel comfortable going (I now totally regret that choice).


We got there late in the afternoon & there was a short line of people waiting to have there picture taken. They had about 10 tigers stationed throughout a canyon & they would take people around to the tigers to have their picture taken.


It was nearing the end of the day, so they made us line up against the canyon wall as they walked the tigers back to their cages.The abbot took the last tiger up & we were allowed to walk with the tiger. (Notice the guy behind me in the yellow shirt? Those are not really his shorts...they were his girlfriends, but as this is at a temple, her shorts were considered inappropriate. She didn't have anything else so her boyfriend was kind enough to switch with her).We were told that they had another program where you could come in the morning & play with the tigers & feed the babies. Tina & her mom really wanted to do it, so we signed up to come the next day.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

May I know which Guesthouse that you stayed in Kanchanaburi? It looks nice in the photo...Thanks!

Kellie said...

We stayed at Sam's House. you can find more information at www.samsguesthouse.com