Erawan Princess Hotel Kanchanaburi

... owner!) which should have been closed because its after 12 but they stayed open and they had free pool and sisha bongs. So we drank Singha, smoked sish and played pool all night until we couldn't stand.

Today we should be going to see the death railway, erawan waterfalls and war museums but Grame and Ann won't get out of bed despite my constant knocking! I'll go try again!

... such logistical details. First impressions: we arrived at sunset, to what I may describe as the most beautiful place on earth. It literally took my breath away and before I realized I had tears streaming down my face at the share impact of it all. We sat with our feet dangling in the lake, had a celebratory drink and did a lot of ‘holly ****, wow, oh my Buddha, I am here!’

We are staying in a guesthouse that looks like a Swiss alpine resort; on the lake ...

... for a better habitat so they can begin to release the tigers back into the wild with the next generation.

We came back to the Khao San Road that night. I definitely see why so many tourists come to it. It's quite the party scene. Tons of foreigners and bars and people with signs saying, "Very strong alcohol, we don't card!" and plenty of other questionable activities.
Hope you guys like the tiger pictures, they were fun. Will write more about the rest of the week soon!

... if I hear one more black eyed peas song I am going to puke). The dance was a costume dance with a number of different themes, and most of the students really got in to it and dressed up. We chaperones had to judge so it was really cool. Then, at the end of the dance, they finally announced what everyone had been waiting for: the results of the Ninja games competition. All of the students were standing there just crazy nervous and were yelling their team’s chant and eagerly ...

... see the hard work that clearly went in to its building. We refueled at a floating resturant that looked out over the bridge and served expensive food. (however we hadnt had breakfast or lunch and it was now 4, so we didnt care). We decided to walk home coz the taxi man wanted a silly amount just to drive down the river. We made it back and showered and are now sat sharing a beer with the geckos.

LJ & Gaz

12 July

At 08:30 we walked to the Kanchanaburi War Cemetary, which is one of three cemeteries containing the remains of the 16,000 Allied prisoners who perished building the Death Railway. 

After the cemetery visit, we went to the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre Museum, which depicted the horrors, pain, suffering and deaths of the 16,000 Allied POWs and 100,000 slave Asian laborers who gave their ...

... and bathed with them. Everyone thought that was pretty cool. We went to the national park where theere are several waterfalls and pools. The fish in the pool nibble at your skin, a great way for getting rid of the callouses on your feet! The scenery is absolutely magnificent. we went on the train over the infamous route that ...

... flight back to Bangkok. Our flight left EARLY (can you believe it??) and arrived early. My plan for the day was to take a taxi to a particular bus station, buy a ticket for a bus to a town called Nakhon Pathom, get on said bus, and get off at the right stop. There are a lot of places where something could go wrong. I got a taxi driver, Wut Wut, who must have been a stunt man from the Fast and the Furious movie series. I'm convinced ...

... but weird thing was there was a thai girl explaing it to us as the driver didnt speak good english, and the girl was with an english girl so i would have thought she would have said something, unless she was in on it two. Wow that probably didnt make sense lol. Anyway got there and got a taxi to the place were ben was staying. Nice quiet place, right on the edge of the river kwai. We are staying in little river huts and we can just chill outside the place watching ...

... for me. Our first stop was at the War cemetry which was built for all the allied troups killed at the Japanese POW camps and in the building and destruction of the bridge. It was quite overwhelming to see so many headstones but the cemetry was really pretty and very well looked after. It made me quite sad that I never really spoke to my grandparents very much about the war so I have no idea if they were over at this side of the world or not (I think my Granddad ...