Kanchanaburi is famous for both the death railway constructed during WW1 using prisoners of war and of course the bridge over the river Kwai. We took a samlor (a kind of tuk tuk) to see the bridge and the war cemetary on the evening we arrived and there's still a section of the railway left here. We stayed in a little guest house here that had the most amazing restuarant - it also ran a cooking school which I guess speaks for itself. I had one of the best cu...

Bangkok, what can I say, it's a very intimidating city when you first arrive but once you get used to it it's a great place - I really love it now. There's so much to see and do for the tourist, temples galore from the Grand Palace, to Wat Po with the huge gold reclining buddah, and then Wat Arun across the river coated in ceramics. The city is full of shrines and monuments all of religious significance and you'll see no shortage of monks walking...