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Travel Blogs from Kanchanaburi
Chasing Waterfalls
... high as tire five at which point being very hot and sweaty we decided to jump in for a swim, - well James did, I pansied about for a bit as there was fish the size of a ruler that ate any dead skin off you, like the ones in the foot spas back at home but ALOT bigger. Every time I tried to get in they seemed to flock towards me. When we were finally both in the water was lovely and it ...
The first detour from the plan
... used to that! I had the best day of the trip so far on my second day, we drove to the amazing Erawan national park and climbed up to the top stopping at 7 different waterfalls on the way. It took me a while to swim in the pools at the bottom as there were loadsa fish in the water and I was paranoid they were gunna bite me. I dipped my feet in for a bit and they come up and start sucking ...
The Bridge on the River Kwai and Hellfire Pass
... She has a portable fan in her face and is covered with small pieces of leaves flung through the windows as we charge along...almost had an elbow whipped due to flying debris (me, not Zoe). After walking across the bridge (yes, I did it...don't like heights), we started from the Kanchanaburi Train Station, bought our tickets on board, and then realized we had premium seats...right next to the toilet...the swing open door, smelly toilet. Shuffle time and ...
Bangkok to Kanchanburi to visit the River Kwai
... Pad Mae Kai leaves you with a feeling like you've been sweet kissed by a chilli and let's you know about it for the next twenty minutes before the feeling comes back to your lips. Kanchanaburi is famous for being the site of the Thailand to Burma 'Death Railway.' The reason for the name is because during World War II the Japanese wanted to be able to supply their forces during the Battle of Burma. They could not supply this location via the ocean as the Allied ...
Sleeper trains, steam trains and waterfalls
... same as first class but no free biscuits! Luggage was piled up on seats at the back of the bus which we thought was strange...realised it was a good idea not to have stored them under the bus when we drove through the floods! Got rickshaw to guesthouse area - great effort from the old boy on the bicycle, biked uphill with Ben, LJ & four bags for 20 mins...we felt bad at the end only paying him the equivalent of a pound! The guy had calves like rocks!
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