Had a fabulous train ride out here, while waiting at Phra Athit pier I meet a couple Vicky and Yetu who were also heading to Thonburi for the Kanchan train, and have been offered my first teaching english job (even before getting the qualification) teaching in a Karen refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border, i suspect the position would be voluntary but it sure sounds interesting and costs would be low if they existed at all.
The train ride was packed, free travel for Thai's because it was New Years eve but foreigners paid extra, imagine if London underground or Sydney city rail attempted this. Fellow Sardines were very generous with their lunch though which was a great compensation, although what the hell those semi-fermented tasting fruit were i will never know, (I was just eating the damn thing to be polite). Went for a little stroll when i got here which turned into a huge walk, I remember the bridge being a whole lot closer to the Jolly frog, which has expanded hugely, including floating rooms now. I don't think I will be swimming in the river Kwai this time around, it now looks a greeny brown colour which I simply don't trust.
The Jeath museum has also expanded and is under renovation (at least I hope that is the explanation for it's current state of semi collapse and supporting scaffolding). Stopped in at a buddhist cemetery on my way back instead of headstones on top of the bodies which are dug into the ground these headstones appear to be at one end of a hillock which lies behind it, giving the graveyard the appearance of a mountain range for garden gnomes, speaking of which I saw the Thai equivalent of garden gnomes today, little smiling cherubic like creatures peering scarily out of the foliage surrounding a little pond.
Anyway I didn't intend to write today so I will sign off and shower.
Love and happy new year. N.J.
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