THAILAND - Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is famous for one reason, it is the location of the famous Bridge over the River Kwai, however there is much to do in the area. It lies a couple of hours west of Bangkok. We stayed in an excellent guest house on the river and booked ourselves in for a day long tour the next day. The tour took in the Erawan Waterfalls, a 7 tierd waterfall, elephant riding, bamboo rafting and a trip along the Death Railway finishing with a look at the bridge itself. The whole day was fantastic and gave us a lot more than we thought we would get from visiting the town.

The next day we took a slightly complicated journey down to Ko Toh an island off the East of Thailand just north of Ko Pangnan and Ko Samuii. We got a bus halfway back to Bangkok then got off. It took a while to find out where the train station was but a couple fo young girls helped us out and took us somewhere to find dinner, very helpful and friendly. We then got on moped taxis to the train station which was a really scary experience. We had been on mopeds/bikes before on the trip, but never with our 20kg bag on our back. Whenever the driver accelerated i almost flew off the back, i managed to hold on and forego the cramp in my leg to get off safely at the station. We then had to wait there for 2 hours for our train. Eventually it arrived and we boarded the night train down the country. It was an excellent train with beds down either side with curtains across them.