We checked out of our Bangkok hotel just after 6am and caught a cab to take us to the train station where we planned to hop a train to Kanchanaburi. The cab driver talked us into letting him drive us all the way so we missed out on a $3 train trip but made a detour to see the floating market included in the price of $42 the driver charged. The floating market is a village on a cannels that were built in the mid 1800’s. Many streets of little shops right on the water and boats drift by and stop at shops of interest. Rick bought some hand carved wooden things and a crocodile belt. We negotiated down to 1/6 the original asking price and yet found everything later at a less touristy market for asking prices of half what we paid. You can never go too low when bartering. We eventually reached the Bridge over teh River Kwai and since we knew our hotel was near the bridge and the taxi driver had no idea where the hotel was, he dropped us off and we walked the 300 meters to our hotel. We were greeted with cold scented wash clothes, a tiny but spectacular room in the U Inchantree Hotel, located right on the River Kwai. We had a delicious lunch and went for a walk across the famous bridge. The weather is extremely hot and humid, even for meso we spent the afternnon in and around the pool. We ordered lattes this eveing as I write this we are sitting out on our tiny but very private balcony..
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