We left Bangkok and headed to the Southern bus terminal to catch the local bus to Kanchanaburi.Even the staff in our hotel tried to direct us elsewhere to use the tourist services but we persisted and got the £2 local bus. When we arrived we phoned the guesthouse who came to collect us in a 'taxi', it was a moped with a cage attached to the side but the normal mode of transport for this area we came to find.The location of the guesthouse is right on the river, i...

We arrived in Bangkok at three in the afternoon shattered we decided to get a taxi,the traffic was horrendeous but we passed the time 'speaking' to the driver.Martin asked him to teach us a few phrases, asking how to say 'toilet' raised a smile.The hotel checked us in quickly and room was clean, happy days! We headed out into Bangkok and took the BTS (Skytrain) to Siam, an area with lots of shopping malls, the food court was amazing - i haven't seen so much choic...