Thursday, September 08, 2005

Kanchanabury to Chiang Mai

Hey,
Well we made it to Chiang Mai, a mini bus to Bangkok then an overnight bus up here, not to bad a trip. The mini bus was sorta funny, running on Thai time, it was a bit over a hour late and filled with 8 Thais with the little telly going with dodgy Thai pop karaoke. The night bus was OK, it leaked a little but we got to it night and early and got the front seats on the top level with loads of leg room. Comfort factor was reasonable and a few of Roy's sleeping pills made a fairly nice nights sleep.
There are a few photos online from Kanchanabury here
It was really worth going to, the hellfire pass memorial was set up by the Veterans affairs dept of Australia so it was probably the cleanest building I've been in for a good few weeks. There was a nicely done audio tour with commentary and accounts by survivors.
We also went to a fairly impressive set of waterfalls, forgotten their name but there was about 7 seperate areas along the river, the coolest thing was the fish. There are some photos of them on the site, heaps and heaps of fish swimming around near the edge of the pools. When ever you stayed still in the pool they swim up towards you and nibble the dead skin off you, its super creepy.
Next week I'm heading to Pi for a mountain tour trek, should be interesting and i think I'll stay up there for a few extra days.

Cheerio

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