Go ahead, come out with it.... You know you just thought "oh my!" as you read this title! Don't be embarrassed.
The day started at 3:30am. Sita and I had to be downstairs by 4 to meet up with the driver from the tour company we were going to the Tiger Temple with. The drive out to the temple is about 3 hours so in order to participate in the mo"rning program, we had to be up and out WAY before the sun comes out to play. I'm not even going to try to make you feel bad for me, cause it was WORTH IT. I'll let pictures explain.
We got to play with cubs, feed some 8 month olds, walk adult tigers, and then play in the water with the adults. The experience was something I'll never forget!
At one point, while we were playing in the water, a tiger ran over to everyone's shoes, snatched mine up, and carried it into the water. There's a video where you can hear me yell, "Hey that's my shoe!" Here are some screen shots from the video as he's taking my shoe...
Another part of the day was to see the bridge over the river Kwai. In World War 2, this railway bridge was used by the Japanese, and the US tried to bomb it on a few occasions. A movie starring Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man) just came out about the terrible conditions prisoners of war were forced to endure as they labored to construct the railway. Thousands of people died trying to build the railway across Thailand...
Last, but not least, we spent some time some elephants! We rode them through part of the woods/jungle, and then out into the water along the coast line. They enjoyed being fed bananas afterward!
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