We arrive in Bangkok at 5am with every intention to have a little sleep, do a bit of shopping then head straight to our next destination, well that was until we bumped into the boys from the bus (it really is a small world). As it was the last night of their travels, we couldn't possibly leave without saying a proper goodbye so we checked in to a hotel and had a few drinks. 2 of the boys live in Canada and the other 3 in England so there were lots of man tears as they weren't going to see each other for at least 2 years.

In the morning we get on the tourist bus to Kanchanaburi with another hangover from hell thanks to our goodbye drinks with the boys. With this in mind we decide there's no way we can do this town in a day so decide to stay the night. As with all tourist buses we get dropped off out of town at a hotel wanting our business, but this one was particularly good. There were little floating huts on the Kwai River and you could actually see the Bridge from them. So we decided to book in and wander to the bridge to take some photo's. The Bridge over the River Kwai really is beautiful. The train only runs 3 times a day, so you are able to walk across it. Carrie and I had regained our fame status and were asked to join in a few family photo's, but these lot were Thai and not Chinese, so it seems we appeal to other nations as well! We then sat at the floating restaurants for some food amongst the beauttiful scenery, before heading to one of the war cemetaries in the town. The one we visited was the final resting place for 6,000 allied troops and the grounds were absolutely immaculate which was really touching.

Next day we were up before dawn to make sure we didnt miss the train at 6am. The train was empty, seems like we were the only hardcore tourists to make it so early. We went over the bridge and the scenery along the Death Railway to Nam Tok was stunning. The train is used mainly as a school run nowadays and it's a really nice journey. The tracks were dismantled past Nam Tok after the war to stop seperatists getting supplies into Burma, but I like the fact that some of the railway is still in use today. We made our way to Hellfire Pass and the museum there has very few artefacts seeing as the POWs had nothing on them to leave behind, but it is one of the best museum's I have ever been to (I will admit that, even if it was founded by aussies!). They covered off everything to do with the railway and the Pass and what part it all had to do with the war. We then took the free headsets around the site and walked through the Pass. It's unbelievable how they managed to build this raliway in this terrain in such a short space of time, but not suprising how many people died - over 10,000 POWs and 90,000 asian workers.

After we'd finished at the museum we needed to get back to the train, however after waiting for ages for a bus to come, we were afraid we'd miss it, so when a couple of soldiers stopped to see if we were OK and ask if we needed a lift, we kindly accepted and they took us all the way back to the train station! How very nice of them.