this town is so cute!! sort of like banglampoo area (backpackers village in bangkok) on a river bank, only smaller. lots of guesthouses and river rafts and small restaurants and bars and internet all on a small road next to the river. FINALLY got out of city life. Kanchan was exactly like i thought all of thailand would be. everyone agreed.
miriam slept in that morning, and linda, rachelle and i rented bikes. we biked up to the famed bridge over the river kwai. very unremarkable bridge physically, but the history behind it is cool. the scenery was amazing. reminded me of vietnam which is kinda funny since i have never been there. couldn't find the memorial that was built for the POWs and workers who died building the death railway. visited this WEIRD WWII and Jeath war museum. weird b/c in the museum there were war exhibits as well as buffalo skulls, proverb rock garden, coins, ceiling murals, evolution of man exhibits, pictures of the past 20 Miss Thailand women, naked paper mache men, precious gems display, construction, and someone's bedroom.
afternoon miriam joined us in a super long 6 hour bike ride down the river side. it was beautiful scenery and nice to get away from even the small city we were in. we rode through corn fields, past an elementary school, past little huts, next to food stands, stopped at a wooden gazebo-type thing on the water, ended up at a cave wat which was not so spectacular. actually, the wat WAS our final destination, but the bike ride itself was the cool part. had some bad pad thai for lunch on the way back (isn't that cool that we can tell when the thai food is bad?). at night we planned our next day big feild trip, which included buying 8 liters of water, 2 boxes of crackers, 3 packets of wafers, a box of cookies, and a bag of coconut coated peanuts. (this did not include the lunch we were going to purchase tomorrow.)
"whats in this?" (adina, inquiring about cheese sandwiches at every single guesthouse we go to.)
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