Kanchanaburi Part I

After catching up with our wonderful friends in Bangkok, the four of us (which includes Leah, Ashley, Stephanie, and myself) took a taxi to the southern bus terminal in Bangkok, then caught a three hour bus ride to Kanchanaburi.  It was a long trip, but it was definitely worth it.  It was such a fun first day.  We checked into our one room, which was hilarious because there were three of us staying in one tiny room.  And the hot water that was promised on the pamphlet was not supplied.  It wasn't quite the dream place we imagined, but all was good in the end.

First day we tried to get some motorcycles to ride around the quaint town in, but we realized how dangerous that could be.  Not only are we inexperienced, but we are all used to driving on the opposite side of the road, this would not have been ideal for situations for us to drive!! Yikes!  However, we concluded it would be safest and wisest to rent out bicycles for the day.  It was such a blast.  We rode down to the historic railway bridge.  We had a blast riding,

four crazy girls on 50s bikes... we were quite the public display of weird and crazy.  

The bridge was fun but scary.  We walked across it, and there were no railings with lots of holes in between the boards, it was an easy fall if you didn't look where you were going.  This explains the "boob" picture, where Ashley is almost touching my chest.  I almost fell backwards, but she grabbed me, by my chest, to save me.  I really didn't mind, I was just glad I became balanced enough to not fall from the bridge and into the water below.  

We went crazy with our adventures on our bikes.  Off-roading took place, this part was most fun.  We randomly decided to veer to the left of a road, only to take a dead end detour on a gravel road for ten minutes.  We hollered and screamed the entire time.  We didn't care what we looked like, we were just there to have fun! This was only the first day of our time there,

and it was only the beginning of our adventures!