We spent our final day in Bangkok relaxing and then, yesterday morning, caught the bus to Kanchanaburi, site of the famous Bridge over the River Kwai. There are many guesthouses and bars here, many with suspiciously English sounding names and serving things like cheddar cheese sandwiches. It's a nice place though. Yesterday afternoon we went on a trip to the Tiger Temple in the hope of stroking tigers which have been given sanctuary by monks. We have mixed feelings about the place. It's the only opportunity we'll have to pet tigers (I even sat with one's head on my knee which was very heavy) and if the tigers were roaming an Asian forest they would probably have been killed by now. On the downside the larger tigers were suspiciously tired, not even waking when their heads
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