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Bath for the Elephant and the riders
The elephant was scrubbed with soap and then had a good time rolling in the water especially with the passangers on board. Geo: 13.7308, 100.521
Day off (kind of) I spoke to the tourist desk at the Hotel about finding the best place to change money, Mick needed to exchange money. I needed to find a Tailor because they do not sell Jeans for Mick here and we wanted a massage. She made a phone call and we were picked up and taken to the bank, I waited in the car while Mick went in, needed his passport and did not come back for ages I was getting concerned. Mick came back and evidently one of the $50 notes he had was a fake so they had to check every note he had and a security guard came up and stood beside him, scary, he was having kittens because they were not happy with the note he passed over. I think because it was only one note they realised that he was innocent and not aware of what he had, finally letting him go. Good start to the day! We then called at the Taylors had a massage and were driven back to our hotel. Had a swim and at 6pm the Taylor picked us up for a fitting, the
Death Railway Museum
No need for an explanation, very informative and sad. clothes will be delivered when we get back from the River Kwai. 12 items to be delivered to the Hotel when we get back.
Two Days River Kwai Delight Tour for 1 night. 25/09/2015
We left at 6am and had a drive of 128km to the west of Bangkok arrival 0930, traffic is peak hour all the time in this place. We stopped on the way for 1 hour at the Elephant Camp and the young couple from Milan, we had met changed into their bathers and helped to wash an elephant it was beautiful to watch the elephant who had a ball in the River rolling over to get the soap off' and when the two of them got on top of her she still kept wanting to roll, so they did not stay on top for very long. She then started to get a trunk full of water and sprayed anyone who was close. These elephants 10 of them all up are tied up for the morning and then taken into the bush to roam free, it was good to hear that they are not tied up the whole time. We eventually arrived at the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre (War
Museum), an interactive museum, information and research facility dedicated to presenting the history of the Thailand-Burma railway. The centre was very informative and a moving experience. We then walked over the road to the Allied War Cemetery, the resting place for more than 6000 allied prisoners of war who perished along the death railway and were moved post-war to this eternal resting place. The area for the Australians was just too many for us to read and the special cremated remains of 300 soldiers was really sad also the number of graves of the unknown soldiers. We took a long boat up the River Kwai to the world famous bridge constructed by allied POW's, embarking and taking a look around the place then we took the Long boat up the River Kwai to the River Kwai Resotel where we had lunch on arrival, all meals we have had on tour are traditional Thai which has been quite different but most I could eat, Mick found the chilli meals upset his stomach but apart from that handled the meals well. After lunch we took a long-tailed boat upstream to visit the nearby ethnic Mon Tribal Village who are from Burma are
The River Kwai
Four of us with Oum set off in the Long Boat heading towards the Bridge over the River Kwai not allowed in Thialand, except this piece of land the "Boss of the Resotel and the Floating Hotel has them living on his land and working in the Resotel and the Floating Hotel. The Boss also pays for the children to be schooled in Thialand and provided them with a ute to get to school, he also pays for them to go to University and when they complete this they can become citizens of Thialand. BoBo our guide is from Burma 22 years old and loves his work in the Resotel but his Mother has allowed him to stay until 30 years old and then he must return to Burma to work in his Fathers business. The Boss has given these people hope which was incredible to see. That night after dinner we saw the Mon dance for 45 minutes. A big day but worth every minute.
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