Chantaburi:

So a few of us decided to make a day trip down to chantaburi last weekend. What started as a daytrip turned into a weekend trip. But I'm so glad I made the decision to stay longer. The trip actually started dreadfully. Getting up at 8 in the morning after a long night out is never fun. But when your bus decides to break down in the middle of the highway, it doesn't help. But the more time that past the more fun I had. When we arrived I found that it was too late to only stay the day and do the things I wanted to get done. Elephant trekking was a blast, although a little pricy (500 baht). We deided to check out the town that night and ended up in a club with a live thai band. It was odd to see everyone so into the band while we had no idea what they were saying and had no idea who they were. We might have been the only foreighners there, judging by all the looks we got haha. We decided to go back to our hotel and get a good nights rest for the following day. We made the 1 hour van ride to the national park. Unfortuantely many of us had forgotten our student id's so we had to pay the foreighner price of 200 baht instead of 40 (still very much worth it). The hike was long but had many amazing spots to rest on the way. I found myself exploring as much as I could, climbing up the sides of waterfalls, squeezing through cave crevesses, and finding spots off of the beaten path. There were 7 main waterfalls, each with there own individual beauty. All in all this was an amazing trip and one that should not be missed if you ever go to thailand.

Here is my video documenting my trip: