The Return of the CHEDI!!!
Date: 13th March
A Chedi (a different term would be stupa or pagoda) is a domed edifice, often quite tall, under which relics of the Buddha or revered religious teachers are buried.
After the journey through Cambodia, all we wanted was a beach and some sunshine to rest and relax, before the flight home. With that in mind, we caught a bus straight down to the East Coast of Thailand, to the port of Trat, from where ferries to Koh Chang leave. Another beuatiful isalnd, with a national park through the centre, deserted beaches and palm trees sounded like bliss.
However the weather had other plans. Who would've believed that in the4 middle of DRY SEASON a storm front would cover the whole of S.E.Asia, bringing with it some of THE most torrential rain we've ever seen!
After much deliberation, the thought of sitting in aleaky, bamboo hut, on a washed out beach didn;t appeal, so the next day we caught the bus to Bangkok, where at least if it rains, you can drunk as skunks at the hundreds of bars!
Bangkok and good old Kho San Rd - the travellers safe haven with videos galore and plenty of cheap food!
We supped some Changs, watched some movies, ate cheap food, did some shopping and took a dodgey taxi to the Air Emirates office to try and reschedule Carl's flight - a wasted journey! But we were both too exhausted to venture much further afield than our guest house and realised that spending a week sampling the Bangkok nightlife would all be a bit much for us. So, rather than waste our final days watching yet more movies and never really getting far from the madness of Kho San we decided to head for Kanchanaburi - Bridge over the River Kwai - (See the film of the same name. It's the railway that the Japanese tried to build across S.E.Asia during the final years of the war, using POW's and thousand of Thias, most of whom appear to have died in the process.) for a bit of peace and some proper relaxing.
After checking out a few of the guest houses we finally stumbled across the perfect place to chill.
But alas, our trip to Thailand's biggest, 7-tiered, waterfall and train ride over the river Kwai has been postponed for the day due to a poorly Carl - probably suffering from fatigue, too much sun, and an inability to keep off the Changs!
But, hopefully tomorrow, Carl's physical state permitting, we will get to go on our final sightseeing trip before we return to Bangkok and think about how we will get to the airport, where we put our tickets, and whether we have enough jumpers for our arrival in that country we call "home"!
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Text by: Carlos
Text by: ANNA
This was exactly what we needed after what seemed to be three weeks of constant moving and alarm clocks sounding at 5am every morning either because we had a bus to catch or a sunrise to watch!
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