Day 194 (Wed 17 Jan) - Kanchanaburi

Up about 7ish for brekky with Pete and to wait for our bus to Kanchanaburi.

Bus pitched up at 8.30am and we said a fond farewell to Pete. The bus was quite a small affair and busy so we were squeezed up at the front.

Sarb was feeling a little queasy as he had taken two malarial tablets (he'd missed one the day before).

We travelled to the train station where we dropped off a few people. Since there was a little more room we decided to sit in the main body of the bus.

The journey to Kanchanaburi was quite quick, only about 3 hours. We were dropped off at the Jolly Frog inn that looked quite good. It has a good bar and restaurant area and the gardens out the back, lining the river were really good. Decided to bag a room.

After a bite to eat we decided that we should look for an opticians as Sarb had managed to break his specs. Really hot as we walked round trying in vain to find an opticians. Just as we were about to give up we came across a set of opticians all clustered together!

Chose one at random that was staffed by two friendly late middle aged women. Sarb explained his predicament and handed over his sorry looking glasses to an assistant. This sparked a flurry of activity; she bounded about the place looking for the perfect specs. We had thought that we would have to buy a complete set of specs but the kindly woman managed to find a pair of frames that almost matched Sarb's original pair. The second woman came into it at this point and taking Sarb's lenses began to grind them into the correct shape to fit the new specs.

Whilst all this grinding was going on we had a hilarious impromptu Thai lesson with the assistant. Soon all was done and Sarb was the proud owner of a new pair of bins. Can't remember the last time we had so much fun at an opticians!

Wandered back to the hotel where Jo slept for a bit whilst Sarb went off to an internet cafe.

Sarb got back about 5ish, so went for a walk down the main street. Played a little pool and then went for dinner.