Hello again everyone! After three days in Bangkok, we were most definitely ready to leave. It's a great city, but it's a bit.....overwhelming. The smog, the traffic, the constant questions (Where are you going? Where are you from?)- these are not friendly chit-chat, but openings to sell you something/send you somewhere/get your money somehow. After reviewing our friends' notes and the always helpful Lonely Planet, we decided to head west to the small town of Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi was an easy 2 hour air-con bus ride from Bangkok, and arriving there was like a giant exhale from the chaos of Bangkok. The town is situated on a river, with some mountains in the background and a friendly strip with several nice guesthouses. As it's still in the lowlands, and landlocked, the temp was still very hot, so
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