Around the world

After Koh Phi Phi island, I returned to Bangkok to get ready for my trip to Myanmar. My visa to Myanmar took a couple of days to procure which gave me time to further explore Bangkok and the areas surrounding the city. After meeting up a friend, we decided to check out the area around the city of Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi is about a three hour drive east of Bangkok and is the famous location of the Bridge of the River Kwai. Along with being the home to bridge, the area surrounding Kanchanaburi is filled with waterfalls, majestic rivers, elephants (not wild), and a national park. The first day of our trip we took a train ride and saw the beautiful land surrounding Kanchanaburi, walked across the new bridge spanning the River Kwai and chilled at a small waterfall for a couple of hours. We spent the night on a houseboat on the Mae Nam Khwae River and hung out with other travelers. On our second day, we went elephant trekking, rode a bamboo raft, visited a memorial and musuem for railroad that was part of the River Kwai, and visited a tiger sanctuary. The elephant trekking was actually pretty fun compared to my Chiang Mai experience so I think now there is about 50% chance of me going on another elephant trek. The tiger sanctuany was pretty interesting. We got to touch and take pictures with the tigers but they seemed to be heavily sedated and asleep. The tigers are taken care of by a group of monks. My trip to Kanchanburi was great. I met alot of cool people and I was able to escape the hustle and bustle of city of Bangkok.

For rest of my time in Bangkok I visited the famous Bangkok weekend market and hungout with my friends that I met on the trek and during my trip. One of the friend's that I hungout with I first met in Vietnam, bumped into him Cambodia, bumped into in Krabi and finally bumped into him on Khao San Road. It was his last night in Bangkok and he was heading home after eight months of traveling. We grabbed some beers and exchanged travel stories, not too shabby.