Thailand and Myanmar - Explored in a different way

Thursday 4 February 2016

Sangkhla Buri and a strict diet of western food!

After a long bus, we arrive in Sangkhla Buri on the Vajiralongkorn Reservoir's northern shore. Whilst talking about how we couldn't possibly eat eastern food for a few days, we stumble upon a western themed hotel! Things are already looking up. We spend a day wondering around the local sites around the reservoir, like the second longest handmade wooden bridge in the world, and decide to hire some canoes!


Heading out over the reservoir, we follow the railways path, metres above it. Temples are often found on hills so we get to float round the roof of a few sunken Wats and even get inside one! It was such a nice change of pace to be able to do something other than walking or getting a bus, which was slowly wearing us down over time. Who dosent love a good ol' paddle?


Finally it's time to start walking again, what was originally meant to be our last day walking, roughly 22km, to the border. We set off early and thanks to our rest we make good time. Nic struggles with the heat and a headache, and everyone is just plodding along knowing that there is a lot of walking ahead.


We reach the famous Three Pagodas in about 5 hours! In all honesty they're slightly underwhelming but we were damn proud of ourselves! Now to taxi back to Sangkhla for a shower and well earned rest! It was rather amusing to us that our 5 hour walk translated to a 20 minute taxi back! Now we have the two days walking we missed due to illness to catch up on and the walking will be over! 


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