Woraburi Ayothaya Convention Resort Hotel Kanchanaburi

... the bloody trick. My back and neck have always been stiff and tense and today they are feeling great, I think I'll get one every day now. And no there was no 'happy ending'.

Tomorrow the waterfalls (haven't we said that already a few times?) and then the following day a cave complex the old dutch bloke we met told us about that is full of buddhist images.

Now its time for food and drinks! :)

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So Katy (fellow VSO-er and best friend in this neck of the woods) and Marra (my VSO training room mate) and I were on an early flight to BKK. We were put up in a vintage funky old hotel called the Atlanta. We had a day lazing by the pool and then a fun night celebrating Marra’s birthday in the bars of BKK. We ended up in a bar called Spanky’s…which is an anthropological essay in itself….men that have transformed themselves into women ...

... through it. Touching those enormous cats was incredible. They could rip you apart in a second, but you're still enthralled by how majestic they are. We were too late to see the tiger cubs, but one of the staff still let us in to see the three month old cubs for a fee. That was the best part. Those cubs were so feisty. Still small enough to cuddle, but big enough to really give you some trouble. You got to pet them, play with them, and feed them. They bite very hard ...

... our room had a mini-bar! Ah yes, that needed to be refilled every day. Daniel and I sat on our porch along the river and just soaked it all in. It was really peaceful and relaxing and yet another time that I wished all my family and friends could be there experiencing it with me. After a hop in the sweet resort pool and a power nap, we ate dinner and then headed to the eagerly anticipated freshmen dance. High school dances in Thailand are just like high school dances in America. All ...

... after Tham Krasae is the cave hollowed out with a buddha inside. A really exciting ride but when you sat back and thought about it, it was also very sad. Once we reached Nam Tok and saw there was nothing there we bought 2 return tickets and some ice creams, then went and sat back down but to the Kwai Bridge station this time.
After getting off the train and once it had left you could walk across the bridge ...

... By the time we got up to the start of the fifth level we were met by a ranger and he turned us back. For safety reasons, they start closing the trail at 4 and I suppose that's not a bad idead. It's mostly rocks and mud and is quite slippery and could be really dangerous. I was disappointed that we didn't get to make it to the top but what I saw was beautiful.

We didn't get back to Nakhon Pathom until around 7. No one was going to cook so we went to this ...

... her to suddenly levitate above the water. I turned to Sarah and said out of the side of my mouth: "When does she start to float?" But then she got out. The show was over... that was all. Sarah was at once jubilant and outraged. She said: "Well, it fulfilled my expectations." I had just wasted 500 baht on watching an old woman basically tread water.... what an idiot!
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... mere feet away from all of this, and I was much more worried about getting trampled by the water buffalo than I was at any point of being bit by a tiger. There were male peacocks strutting around-- sometimes with their feathers all up, but I when they saw my camera, they packed those feathers away (ok not really, but I wasn't ever able to get a photo). I also made an executive decision today to ...

... the whole day showing off on his bike"! We only had 2 nights in Sukothai and the next day we headed to Chang Mai, which is where i am now, we've not really done much yet, we checked out the night market last night and we've just booked up to go on a mountain biking and whitewater rafting trip tomorrow. We're gonna be hear for about a week i'd think because its the thai new year on monday or the thai water festival as its more commonly known.

So I made it back to Bangkok from Chiang Mai on the overnight train again and began my search for a guesthouse. My tour mates Izzy and Katie came with me as we went in and out of the guest houses around Koh San Road until I settled on one called the Green house guest house on the road parallel to Koh San (not quite as crazy or noisy!). The girls then helped me carry my bags from their hotel back to my new home before we went on a bangkok adventure out to Wat Pho to ...