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Well i arrived in bangkok for the 3rd time and this time i actually made it out of the terminal building! I headed for khao san road and got a place at the khao san palace hotel. The next day i did the grand tour of bangkok on foot and god did my feet kill. I started at the grand palace then walked over to siam square then to world central. Around the palace alot of thais were tryin to get me to take a tuk tuk for a cheap "tour" of the city - thanks to people givin me pre warning i knew this was a con and sent them on their way. I did, however, get a tuk tuk from train station to siam square but i told the guy where i wantedto go, that i didnt want to stop anywhere, i wanted to go straight there, no gem stores or anythin as it would waste his time and petrol and my time as i wasnt gonna buy anything. He laughed as he knew the score and we settled a price and he did take me to my destination without stoppin.
Next day i went to kanchanaburi and did a really good tour. Headed to the war cemetery, the bridge over the river kwai, death railway museum then rafted down the river kwai for bout half an hour. There was only 3 oars so i was like ill row but didnt realize that nobody would swap with me so i did the whole raftin til we got to lunch! But it built up an appetite! On the tour there was not really any other young people but there were a couple of taiwanese girls who had trouble with english and a lovely aussie couple. After lunch we rode some elephants -my one was called sindo and at one point i got to sit on its neck just like mogli from the jungle book does!!! We finished the day by going on the death railway that kinda hangs of a cliff a bit - q cool. I was exhausted by the time we got back - 20.00 so wasnt really up for the big nite i had planned drinkin with stephanie - doh!! Anyway, i didnt really live it up much in bangkok - i kinda burnt myself out a bit in saigon! Anyway, im now in koh samui i got heretoday but havent done anything yet exceoptlay on a beach so nada interestin to tell you all there!!
nikki
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