Goodbye Bangkok, Hello Thailand!

We spent our last few days in Bangkok relaxing and enjoying the city. We ended up staying an extra night in Bangkok, so we had to change hotels. We ended up at The Landmark hotel on Sukhumvit Road next to Julian's dad's hotel. But before we left The Peninsula, we had our wonderful buffet again where we discovered a hidden gem...



Fresh honey right off the honey comb, very cool. We then spent the rest of the morning by the pool sipping mojitos.

After we dropped off our bags at our new digs, we went to pick up our laundry and get massages. Let me tell you, It's going to be really hard to go back to Texas and pay however much for any massage after this. We each got a 2 hour foot and oil combination massage for 450 baht each. That's less than $30 US total AND it was amazing!

For dinner, we met Keith and one of his co-workers and his family for an amazing meal at Ariyasomvilla, which is a super cute little hotel/restaurant/spa tucked away in at the end of Sukhumvit Soi 3. It was a nice escape from the usual city life and the food was excellent. Luckily we had some seasoned veterans ordering for us :)

There are quite a few Western style bars along Sukhumvit Road and we went to a couple of them after dinner. It was nice to grab a Hoegarden among other westerners.

Tuesday morning, we checked out of our hotel and began our trek across the city to the Thornburi Station, where the train to Kanchanaburi departs. We made it just in time because we got a little lost along the way. Kanchanaburi is only about 75 miles from Bangkok, but the trip is scheduled to take 3 hours... On a non air conditioned train. So, as I write this, we are cruising along stopping at every little town for about 10 minutes with the windows down passing through peoples backyards.






I wish there was a way to capture how bumpy the second half of our train ride was in a picture. It was like being in the last car on a roller coaster, air time and everything. Everyone around us looked really scared, but all we could do is laugh. I don't really know why that is since at the same time I thought we might die, but it seemed rather humorous at the time.



So we arrived in Kanchanaburi unharmed and found our way to the Jolly Frog Guesthouse where the fanciest room costs a whopping B290 a night (about $9)



They have free wifi here but we can't get the iPad to connect, so it might be a while until you see this but we'll do our best!






Kanchanaburi is home to The Bridge Over River Kwai. That's about all there is here except for a couple of museums about WWII and what went on here at that time, courtesy of the Japanese. It's a pretty chill town with a bunch of travelers like us just hanging out. We'll venture out tomorrow to see the town, but for now we are going to enjoy the abundance of local bars we have already discovered ;) Cheers!

- Mulian

Location:Train to Kanchanaburi