Today we went down to get a quick bite to eat at the complimentary breakfast bar. The tour company picked us up around 7:00 am for our all day tour. It was a private tour today which was good -- which means there were only the 4 of us on it. We were traveling to the Bridge Over River Kwai and the Death Railway.
We had a 2 hour ride in the mini van. Along the way we stopped to look at a cemetery.. We also went to a museum about the railway showing how the POW's built it. After a quick look through there we got on a long boat that took us to the Bridge Over River Kwai. We walked over the bridge ad did a little bit of shopping. It was soon time for the train. We elected to upgrade on the train for 300 baht per person (about $10). We were told on this car we would get a snack and drinks. I wonder if we would have gotten it anyway but we went ahead and paid our money.
The train ride was an hour and we saw lots of pretty scenery along the way. It was also hot in there because the train wasn't air conditioned. We rode with the windows open. When we got to our stop our guide had us to rush to get off the train so we could get ahead of all those getting off. It seems that a lot of us were heading to the same restaurant. Some of them were on big buses and we beat them and were among the first to get there. It was a buffet lunch and pretty good. I can say that so far I am pleased with the food in Thailand -- much better than China! On the way to the restaurant we saw some monkeys on the side of the road. I was able to get pictures of some of them.
After lunch it was a 3 hour ride back to our hotel. The best part of getting back was that it was just about time for Happy Hour again and once again we didn't have to buy dinner again!
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