Kanchanaburi

Hi everyone, so sorry for the long silence. I am in Kanchanaburi now. I arrived here on Saturday by train. Kanchanaburi is just 4 hours train ride away from Bangkok. Kanchanaburi is one of my fave destinations in Thailand. This is my third trip to Kanchanaburi. I am staying in one of the rooms in a raft house on the river Kwai. You know River Kwai?O.K, how about the Bridge of the River Kwai, the movie. Yes, that's where I am now.

The thing I like to do here is to sit on the bamboo reclining chair and watch the jade green river. Whenever a speed boat loaded with tourists speeds past, the raft house will start rocking. I think peoples who tend to suffer from sea sickness will no be able to handle this. Sometimes I will sit on the platform and dip my feet into the river. I am supposed to go back to Bangkok but I just feel so reluctant to do that. I can actually live here forever.

For the past few nights, I just sat around with other travellers chatting the nights away while munching on local fruits. Yeah, I met some really cool peoples here. Few days ago, while I was lying inside my room with the door open, Watcharee,a Thai lady came to look for Gabriel, the Portugese guy who stay in the raft house too. He was still sleeping, so she chatted with me. We felt the good vibe instantly and she invited me to go to her auntie's house in the afternoon. So, I did. Three of us on the motorbike, heading towards the countryside. It was so much fun. She showed us the Lanna traditional houses hidden away from the main road. So, we went around visiting a massive temple. The monk gave us fish food to feed the Koi fish and gigantic cat fish in the pond.

At night, we were in this beautiful house of her auntie in an orchard right by the river. She even cooked dinner for us. We stayed there til 12 midnite. Then, she sent us back to the guesthouse and I invited her to sleep in my room cos it was too late for her to go home. So, yesterday, three of us on the motorbike again, heading to Erawan National Park which is like 70km away. On the way, we stopped by at the fruit vendor. I bought three dragon fruits for ourselves. You see, I always believe in the spirit of sharing. O.k, I have to go. Will blog again soon. These days, I am just too lazy to write. I have been lazing around soaking in the goodness of mother nature and got too carried away.