สวัสดีครับ ตอนนี้เราอยู่ที่เมืองไทย! ประเทศฝรั่งเศสมีชีสและช็อกโกแล็ตดีมากแต่ตอนนี้เราจะกินอาหารเผ็ดและผลไม้ไทย: ลำไย, สละ, ลูกเงาะ, มังคุด...Hi, we're in Thailand now! France had great cheese and chocolate, but now we'll dine on spicy food and Thai fruits: longans, salaccas, rambutans, mangosteens...
Okay, so it's a pain in the butt to type in a language that has 42 consonants and 32 vowels. We're also not sure how the Thai looks to readers who may not have the Thai font loaded on their computers. So we'll stick to English for the most part.
We made an excursion to Kanchanaburi, the site of the Bridge over the River Kwai (aka Death Bridge). Unlike the pronounciation used in the 1957 film, the name of the river is pronounced with a short a sound- a bit like the word "square", but without the s in front. Not sure how the mispronounciation in the film came about, but I think it has gotten all the farangs confused.
There's a handful of Japanese tourists here. One can't help wonder what goes through their minds, when visiting a site like this. Perhaps the younger generations do not relate- it's not their war, but how about the older generation?
We spot this iguana outside the WWII museum. This one is just lazing about, but check out those nails! Pretty serious curvature in them. He really didn't move very much even as we approached him. We saw him before entering the museum and after taking a spin around the museum and exiting, we find this lizard in more or less the same exact spot and position. Anyone who can identify the species, please let us know!
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