Day 7 Kanachanburi
It was long journey between Lopburi to Kanachanburi as we need to exchange buses between cities to get through our destination. But, that is what begpacking means, to travel by foot (not the luxury ways), to experience the true life style of the locals, and to eat as they ate.
We depart from Lopburi at 1030am and reached Kanachanburi around 400pm. After checked in at our guest house (cost 250Baht per night, no air-con, of course), we spend some time walking and discovering the town, the railway station, the Allied War Cemetery. We suppose to visit the WWII war museum, but kind of lost and the museum was closed after 500pm. And the worst thing was, its starting to rain, and there goes our night market foods near the railway station.
The next morning, we decided to engage local tour to visit the attractions in Kanachanburi. Please note that most of Kanachanburi’s attractions were located outside of the town area and if you use public transport, it will take a lot of time just waiting of the buses.
As for the tour (I think cost around 800Baht per person, inclusive lunch, transport and entrance fees), we start with elephant riding and river bamboo racket trip along the River Kwai. Then, we head to Erawan National Park for our lunch, proceed to Hellfire Pass Memorial or the famous Death Railway (railway constructed half-way during WWII by war’s prisoners) and Sai Yok Noi waterfall.
Our last stop was Thamkra Sae Train Station, where the Death Railway (part of it) located and it was at the hill side, above the river Kwai. From there, we take the train to Nam Tok, just to view the hill side train view.
