Kanchanaburi

After being at school for a week, we were all anxious to travel again on the weekend before midterm exams. I traveled with 3 of my French friends, Agnes, Fanny, and Alix to Kanachaburi, which is about 2 ½ hours northwest of Bangkok. A few other friends, Kiki, Joe, and Jack came later that night. We arrived in the late afternoon and went to the Death Railway Bridge over the river Kwai. The river and bridge were beautiful and especially at sunset. We stayed at a hotel called Jolly Frog which was awesome. We had an awesome breakfast with really good coffee for really cheap. The atmosphere was very laidback at the Jolly Frog and was located right next to the river. Kanachaburi is a very quiet and peaceful place, a great change from Bangkok for the weekend.

We took the local bus to Erawan Falls which has 7 different tiers. We were able to stand behind one of the falls, and also slide down another with the some local Thai students who took a field trip to the falls. I think they were filming a movie at one of the falls as well! It was a fun day hiking to all the tiers. We came back to Bangkok that night so we could have the weekend to study for midterms! However, I didn't receive the warm welcome from Bangkok I was hoping for, instead, I had food poisoning! I need to be a little more careful about eating shrimp from the street vendors. It was the first time I have been sick in Thailand, and hopefully the last!

Captured a beautiful butterfly in flight at the falls!

My friend Jocelyn and I went to a restaurant called Cabbage and Condoms. It was a really cool restaurant! All the profits goes towards AIDS research. It was a very creative idea and the food was awesome.

hotdog bun+ ice cream+ nuts=an ice cream sandwich in Thailand!