Well this has gotta be one of the weirdest places I have had wireless access from……. We are staying in a guesthouse in Kanchanaburi, and our room is a room on a raft, floating on the River Kwai. Strangely enough, we have a solid wireless connection and more TV channels than we would know what to do with.

We had a lovely last few days on Koh Chang, some more Aussies arrived and we got them absolutely smashed and took them to a seafood restaurant, the one that picks you up in a boat, fun all round that night. I also got a fantastic massage and managed to get sunburned on the walk home, so now have a passable tan. The bus back to Bangkok was almost empty and pretty boring but our hotel was excellent - thanks wotif.com for the cheap bling. We went shopping too, bought Simon some bling glasses and lenses for about 1/4 of $NZ cost. He looks very intellectual Gutted to find out we missed out on Paul Oakenfold playing in central Bangkok bar by one day - that would have been an experience and a half to see that side of Bangkok nightlife.

So today we took the train to Kanchanaburi, 3 hours towards the Burmese border on a 3rd class, hard seat, open window train, and are now staying on this river raft. The train was fantastic, the open air breezy feeling was way better than any airconditioning could ever be, but man was my face and neck grubby when we arrived.  We are going on a touristy tour thing tomorrow, up to some waterfalls and over the historical bridge and stuff, should be fun.

Really looking forward to being back in Bangkok as well, we have heaps of stuff to see and I am definitely warming to the big ugly city thing. Very excited about the Chatuchak (J.J’s) market this weekend and staying in Khao San Rd and Chinatown.  I am so happy we decided to explore instead of staying on the island, as nice as the beach is. Will keep you updated on our adventures…….