So I finally succumbed to a hangover. Went a bit crazy on some blue cocktails in our 500 baht all you can eat and drink party. Very funny night though.

This morning we all packed up and came down for our last breakfast (I was just on the orange juice) then hopped onto the bus for our trip to sangkhlaburi. About an hour in we stopped for food, (passed on that again, still felt very rough)

The next stop was at the "hellfire pass" museum. Some background - in ww2 japan invaded Thailand and Burma. But needed a supply route for the troops before they tried to invade india. Hence they built the 445km 'death railway'. Using 60,000 allied prisoners of war and 200,000 Thai slaves. Over 100,000 of them died making the railway.

The particular part we were looking at was called "hellfire pass" because it had been particularly difficult to cut through the mountain at that place.

Really great museum, lots of info about the pass, and some nice clean toilets, particularly welcome after the ones at the hostel we were used to.

After this we had a walk down to the actual pass (still with a banging headache) wasn't quite as dramatic as they had made out but nonetheless interesting.

Back onto the bus - watched the end of our dodgy pirate version of the social network we'd got at the market, then snoozed the rest of the way.

Arrived in sangkhlaburi about 5, and checked out our digs for the next 2 weeks. Pretty standard as hostels go, nice big room with a fan and air con, and a shower proudly displaying a sticker insisting the heating element was made in the uk! Does smell a bit musky though.

Following this we had a quick meeting with our new staff. (still have the 4 from last week, just gained another 4 because were all doing lots of different activities) then a tour of the tiny town of sangkhlaburi. Apparently its not in most maps, and the weather app on my phone couldn't find it. So it must be small!

Bit of a shock going from bangkok (massive), to kanchanaburi (still had 10 or so bars, plenty of restaurants etc) to sangkhlaburi (1 bar, 2 shops - you get the idea)

Headed out to a tiny restaurant that looked more like someones back garden with a few chairs and tables in. But has some very nice pad siew (veg and wide noodles with tofu)

Still a little bit hungover at this point, as were most people, so headed back to the hostel for a quiet evening in. Stopping off at the 7-11 for a disgustingly nice chocolate bread and chocolate spread toastie. There were loads of interesting looking Thai snacks I'm eager to try out.

So sat writing my blog in the lounge, getting dive bombed by all sorts of crazy bugs. They're a lot worse here than the last place!

Thanks all for reading, from the sounds of it a lot of you are following! Which is cool :) also makes me want to update the blog more regularly, without going over the top of course. Got wifi for the next 2 weeks which should be good.

Anyway, for now,

Josh xx

Picture is of the 'memorial bowl' looking out over the hellfire pass.