Thai Latrine

We had Western-style facilities at most of the "happy rooms" (that's what Ole called restrooms and it stuck), but sometimes, we were greeted with squat toilets. These were different than the ones in India, which were even with the ground. I wasn't sure if we were supposed to stand on each side of the toilet, but thought that would make for an embarrassing slip, so I just straddled the pot and did my thing. It really wasn't that big of a deal. When you've gotta go, you gotta go.

Day Four: Floating Market and Bridge over the River Kwai

November 14th 2005
Today we traveled from Bangkok to the Kanchanaburi province, where the Bridge over the River Kwai is located. We stopped by the village of Samutsongkram, where the Siamese Twins were born in 1811. This is the kind of information you get from a guided tour that you would never discover on your own. Our tour guide, Ole, is a wonderful host - full of historical information and great anecdotes about T ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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