Sa wat dee ka Thailand!!

That means hello Thailand! So I arrived here safe and sound, even if I was sick and spent the first two days in bed! It is a complete and utter culture shock when you arrive in bangkok, not to mention the attack on your senses! The first day I had a walk around the city I couldn't wait to get back to the shelter of my hotel room! It's loud, it's smelly, there are hundreds of people and you nearly get run over every two minutes!! When you get used to it though it has a great appeal and one that I've really come to enjoy.

The first day of the tour was a pretty long one. We started off with Wat Po, home to the largest reclining Buddha in Thailand. It's a pretty amazing temple and is where the phenomenon of Thai massage started. Later that day we got a bus to Kanchanaburi, where we were collected on bikes and brought to our accomodation. That evening we went to see the bridge over the River Kwae (not Kwai as is said in English!) It is exactly as it looks in all the films but I honestly thought that it would be much longer! It was great to see it though.

The next day we hopped on our Sonthaew and were brought to the Jeath War Museum. This museum depicts the life of POW's in the Japanese camps during WWII and how they built the Siam-Burma railway. After this we went to the Erawan national park to the famous 7 tier waterfall. Sarah and I headed straight to the 7th tier thinking it would be an easy enough hike. An hour later, dripping with sweat and breathless we arrived, but it was definitely worth it. We didn't hesitate in diving into the lovely water and we sat there for a fabulous half hour before making our way back to the bottom and lunch! We treated ourselves to a Thai massage that evening after our "hard" day!!