And I'm bound for Kanchanaburi. There's two trains a day from Thonburi station over in the west of Bangkok - 7:55 and 13.50, any guesses which I got?! For the three-four hour journey I was thinking I'd get a good read in between my current books, including A History of Thailand by Baker and Phongpaichit which has been excellent so far. Rather, I spent almost all the journey looking out the window, it was so enjoyable. I'd recommend the train to anyone - fast, comfortable (though it's called 3rd class, really?), scenic and colourful. I wondered what others' journeys were. This route heads up to Nam Tok of the Hellfire Pass and further up from my stop of Kanchanaburi is the (in)famous River Kwai bridge that i would head to later. At the stops on the
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