Wednesday's Anchovies

After a long train journey , we arrived at Nam Tok, hopped onto a tuk-tuk and reached our hotel. The hotel we booked is Star Hill River Kwai Resort. We spent some time survey which hotel or resort to stay at River Kwai, since there are quite alot choices and not to forget our main purpose of visiting River Kwai is for the River Kwai International Half Marathon . Initially, we planned to stay at River Kwai Village Hotel since the marathon was held there. We can just walk out from our hotel room and get to the starting line on the race day. However, the rooms are sold out few months before the race!!!! River Kwai Village Hotel Pros: -Not need to worry about transportation from hotel to the race venue, since starting and finishing line are at the hotel. Cons: -Rooms sold out fast, act fast! -Room rate quite high. Entrance of River Kwai Village Hotel and our rented motorbike :P The long green path entering the hotel :) Mystery hidden gem at ...

Click HERE for the full itinerary. We landed at Bangkok in the late evening, then we took a cab to Thonburi.  We stayed one night at Riski Apartment, or more commonly being known as Wasit Apartment by locals. The guest house is just normal, but it is clean and with an attached bathroom. Riski Apartment. Hidden in a residential area. Why Thonburi but not any other places around Bangkok? This is because we are going to take a train to River Kwai on the next day! Thonburi is the place where the train station located and we chose a guest house which is within walking distance to the train station. Smart traveller :P Thonburi station :) Before we reached Thonburi station, we passed-by a "train market"!  The market is really just next to the train railway. Too bad we didn't meet a train passing by here. Haha, but we managed to spend some time in the market :) How to go to River Kwai from Bangkok: By car – around 2.5ho...

Sawadekap~ So we went to Bangkok again but this time Bangkok would be like a transit for us since our main purpose this time is to take part in River Kwai International Half Marathon! Generally, we were like having city-crossing this time :P Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok - River Kwai - Kanchanaburi - Bangkok - Kuala Lumpur!!! Haha, let’s see how we explored the other part of Thailand! Day 1 Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok - Thonburi - Checked in to Riski Residence (Wasit Apartment) - Rest at hotel Day 2 Thonburi TrainStation - Nam Tok Train Station - Checked in to Star Hill River Kwai Resort - Depart to River Kwai Village Hotel to collect race kit of River Kwai International Half Marathon - Rest at hotel Day 3 Depart to RiverKwai Village Hotel - River Kwai International Half Marathon - Rest in hotel - Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum - Dinner - Rest at hotel Day 4 Checked out from Star Hill River Kwai Resort - Take bus to Kanchanaburi - Checked in...