Thailand - Pattaya and Kanchanaburi

I met up with Linda in the Bangkok airport.  After leaving Xi'an 2 months prior Linda traveled around India.  Our first stop (after sleeping for 2 hours) was Pattaya.  My friend Tanya, who I met in Cambodia, lives there and it just happened to be her birthday.  When we walked into brunch we were in heaven.  We hadn't seen food (or coffee) like that for almost 2 years - eggs, meats, salads, cheeses.  After brunch Tanya rented a boat to take us to an island where we relaxed on the beach for a few hours until a storm came in.  The boat ride back to the mainland was rough. We were grateful we didn't go flying right out of the boat.

It was nice to be back on land!

The next day Linda and I went a bit further south to Kanchanaburi.  A woman met us at the bus station and we were convinced to pay her a couple dollars to help us find a place to stay.  Not a bad deal since we didn't know where to go and we got to ride in this:

We found a nice bungalow on the river.  It was quiet and beautiful.  We loved relaxing on our porch.

A big attraction of Kanchanaburi is the 7 tiered waterfall at Erawan National Park.  We hiked up and it was as beautiful as we read.