Elephant Rides and The River Kwai part 2 (It was too big for 1)

You are probably thinking that was a full day, but there is more. After the incredible day at the elephant park we went straight to The Bridge on the River Kwai. Just so you know the history of The Bridge on the River Kwai, it was built during WWII in 1942 under Japanese control. The Japanese forced prisoners of war and other Thai laborers to build the bridge in order to get supplies from Burma to Thailand. The railroad that this bridge was built for is still used today. During the building of this bridge 106,000 people died. It seems surreal to think that so many people died building a bridge that today doesn't look all that grand in size, but I can only imagine the conditions the laborers were forced to work under.  Here are some pictures of the bridge.

 The Bridge On The River Kwai

 All of us girls at the half way point over the bridge

This statue faces the river and the bridge and is very magnificent. 

After our short visit to the bridge we were rushed off to a surprise dinner: a boat cruise on The River Kwai. The boat cruise was a huge floating house and we all had a fancy sit down dinner on the boat. It was one of the best things I have done in Thailand (maybe not the best food) and I loved every minute of being out on the water at night. Here are some pictures from the boat cruise.

 Left to right: Lara, Jill, ME, David (wet bed haha), Julia, Lauren, and Dustin (what a shirt right?)

 The little boat that pulled us down the river.

After dinner they played music and everyone relaxed around the edges of the boat until the rain came crashing down. It suddenly went from not a single drop to buckets and buckets of rain falling from the sky. The rain was so pounding on the tin roof so loud that the DJ turned the music way up and naturally the only thing to do was to dance in the rain. Here is the best picture any of us got of the rain dance party. 

And that's all folks... At least that's all for that day. It really was the best day in Thailand I have had yet and I hope you enjoyed all of the pictures! 

Sawadee Kha! 

xoxo