Thai Seree Hotel Kanchanaburi

... with the encouragement of some local guy I ended up partaking in a bit of dirty dancing with some local girl who seemed to take a shine to me. After a while I took in the surroundings and realised we had become quite the centre of attention but i was quite in the swing of it now and rather carefree so continued.<br>I had thought to go and catch some Thai boxing in Bangkok but I need not have bothered as at kicking out time as the club filtered onto the streets, what started as a bit of ...

... chap renting us the bikes told us to take a different route, so we could see some other sights, as well as the main attraction - and he was right!! We visited some cool and slightly hilarious caves, which were full of colourful Buddhas, stopped at a DELICIOUS roadside cafe was full of locals, always a good sign - Matt even claimed it to be the best food he'd ever had!!!!!!!! When we got a tad lost, Matty rode ...

... Had a long trip in the mini van yesterday (6-7 hours), after the elephant riding which was actually through the jungle it took about 30mins with just me and Ang and the driver!!! on board.<br> I,m now Mr Bailey as left the job officially on the 20th!!!, tomorrow we head off to Bangkok for our last night of this trip. It will be dinner on a river cruise then we go early to Ko Chang. Byeee.. keep the mails comming

... at, other than part of the original wooden bridge used to carry supplies as the main bridge was built and a few of the bombs dropped on the bridge to destroy it.<br><br>After that I had some lunch on a riverside cafe and then went for another ride on the bike. With no plans I found myself in the middle of nowhere and at the start of the Jungle area. Not sure how I'd manage should I break down I headed back to the safety of Kanchanaburi and to where I am now as I ...

... is a very well-known one where a female spirit has her habitation. She is known as "Nang Takian" or Lady Takian. In the imagination of the people, Lady Takian usually takes the form of a beauty maiden who sometimes makes a wailing and piercing sound when the tree, her abode, is felled. Unforseen and mysterious calamities will befall the person or persons who destroy her abode. A Takian tree growing near the bank of a river with its root ...

... thunderstorms in the late afternoon which were awesome (and so refreshing!) The raindrops were huge - it feels like a jug of water has been thrown over you each time you get hit and it may sound weedy but they actually sting!! One night there was no rain, just endless low rumbles of thunder and continuous flashes of lightning across the sky. It went on for hours like that but no rain ever came that day. The stars were awesome too - we walked to the top of ...

... restaurant that night and our meal and drinks still came to less than a fiver/ buddha must have been looking down on us as none of us fell of the walkway to the guesthouse, despite the beers we had had. we brushed our teeth in the river and went to sleep with the gntle rocking...only to be woken at 7am by some hysterical twitterings of all the birds that were residing in the rafters. great. i had a perv shower to clean off all the stinking toxic mozzie repellant that didnt ...

... majority of their day and you can go and take photos with all the tigers. There is a special photo that you can get by giving a small donation, where they will put the tigers head in your lap. Actually they put about 4 of the tigers head in your lap, this was the most amazing experience as the tiger is practicaly lying on top of you and he is really heavy! Then we headed back up to the tiger cubs cages to take some photos with them and play with them ...

... were forced to build under Japans control. It was qutie the gorry museum, they had manikins possed in death positions completed with blood, gore and all. This was located right by the still standing bridge... "The Bridge over the river Kwai". We had the opportunity to walk over it (only the middle part was rebuilt as the Americans bombed it). What a shoddy bridge!!! It was really very scary walking over it the only sturdy part was the middle where the medal ...

... harsh terrain and usually mountainous terrain so that the Japanese had a supply line for their troops. Most of the men bulding the railway were in prisoner of war camps held by the Japanese and over 100,000 men died in the harsh conditions. The railway is still used today but only on a very short section. Most of the line has now been submerged underwater with the building of damns up river.