View from room
Oriental Kwai rescue dog - Brownie
Wednesday morning we left Chiang Mai and the Prison Spa... It's okay to cry right? We flew back to Bangkok and then took what turned out to be a 4 hour taxi ride to Kanchanaburi. Don't try to pronounce it took us till just now.
We had planned to get there early enough to go to the Erawan Falls but Evelien at The Oriental Kwai said it would be too late to spend any time there. We also asked about getting a taxi to take us to the Death Railway Museum or to the Bridge over the River Kwai, but again it would be pushing it. So time just wouldn't allow us to go anywhere..
Okay we lied... not about the time crunch thing but about our real reason for not wanting to leave the resort. It is BEAUTIFUL!!! As we pulled up Evelien the woman who owns it with her husband Djo, came out to meet us with a few of their staff. They brought us lemon grass ice tea. And gave us such warm sweet welcome.
Evelien showed us around the resort and to our cottage which overlooked... drum-roll please... the River Kwai. That's right folks at home we had dinner and breakfast as we watched the River Kwai float by. We had fruit shakes out on the patio of our cottage listening to the crickets and watching the River Kwai. In the morning the sounds of all the bugs chirping in the cool air was nearly deafening. It was absolutely wonderful sitting by the River Kwai.
Now before you start thinking we are rich and want to borrow money... We won't tell you what we spent... that would be rude unless we're talking about Youth Hostels. It has got to be THE BEST VALUE in Thailand. For the record we are not rich and even if we were we wouldn't loan you money.
When you see the pictures, you'll at least get an idea of how amazing this place is.
Now we know what you are thinking, "Okay so it's got an amazing view and 1st class accommodations with great food and fruit shakes that have them looking at bananas in a whole new way. What about all their friends back at the Prison Spa? Don't they miss them? To gain all this only to lose their daily massages? Aren't they heart broken?" See we knew, we knew what you were thinking... uncanny huh?
Well massage addiction is a fickle mistress and our only loyalty is to our trip theme. We casually asked Evelien if there was any place to get a massage as we heard that a lot of people do that when they visit Thailand. She highly recommended a local spa there in Kanchanaburi "SUAN". Suzi made a move to embrace Evelien but Tammy thankfully stopped her before Evelien could see us for the addicts we've become.
We said we would figure out our schedule and let her know whether to book it or not. Moments later as we discussed what time would be best, I noticed Tammy was shaking a bit...the first signs of withdrawal were manifesting. Her voice a bit high pitched said, "I am just worried if we don't get it booked now we won't get our fix... I mean our massage tonight."
We are going to need a intervention. We realize this and we will get ourselves into a program, but we would prefer a program that slowly weans us. Maybe we could start with 5 massages a week for the first few weeks and then go to 4 and 1/2 over the next several weeks, and so on. We will be setting up a fund that you can donate to to help us with our recovery.
Suan's was amazing... seriously wonderful. Even better, dare we say it than the Prison Spa. Their style was a little more gentle and all three of us fell asleep through our treatments.
We need help. Please donate.
Hi my name is Tammy and I am an addict.
Hi my name is Suzi and I am an addict.
Hi my name is Shawna and I'm in denial.
We had planned to get there early enough to go to the Erawan Falls but Evelien at The Oriental Kwai said it would be too late to spend any time there. We also asked about getting a taxi to take us to the Death Railway Museum or to the Bridge over the River Kwai, but again it would be pushing it. So time just wouldn't allow us to go anywhere..
Okay we lied... not about the time crunch thing but about our real reason for not wanting to leave the resort. It is BEAUTIFUL!!! As we pulled up Evelien the woman who owns it with her husband Djo, came out to meet us with a few of their staff. They brought us lemon grass ice tea. And gave us such warm sweet welcome.
Evelien showed us around the resort and to our cottage which overlooked... drum-roll please... the River Kwai. That's right folks at home we had dinner and breakfast as we watched the River Kwai float by. We had fruit shakes out on the patio of our cottage listening to the crickets and watching the River Kwai. In the morning the sounds of all the bugs chirping in the cool air was nearly deafening. It was absolutely wonderful sitting by the River Kwai.
Now before you start thinking we are rich and want to borrow money... We won't tell you what we spent... that would be rude unless we're talking about Youth Hostels. It has got to be THE BEST VALUE in Thailand. For the record we are not rich and even if we were we wouldn't loan you money.
When you see the pictures, you'll at least get an idea of how amazing this place is.
Now we know what you are thinking, "Okay so it's got an amazing view and 1st class accommodations with great food and fruit shakes that have them looking at bananas in a whole new way. What about all their friends back at the Prison Spa? Don't they miss them? To gain all this only to lose their daily massages? Aren't they heart broken?" See we knew, we knew what you were thinking... uncanny huh?
Well massage addiction is a fickle mistress and our only loyalty is to our trip theme. We casually asked Evelien if there was any place to get a massage as we heard that a lot of people do that when they visit Thailand. She highly recommended a local spa there in Kanchanaburi "SUAN". Suzi made a move to embrace Evelien but Tammy thankfully stopped her before Evelien could see us for the addicts we've become.
We said we would figure out our schedule and let her know whether to book it or not. Moments later as we discussed what time would be best, I noticed Tammy was shaking a bit...the first signs of withdrawal were manifesting. Her voice a bit high pitched said, "I am just worried if we don't get it booked now we won't get our fix... I mean our massage tonight."
We are going to need a intervention. We realize this and we will get ourselves into a program, but we would prefer a program that slowly weans us. Maybe we could start with 5 massages a week for the first few weeks and then go to 4 and 1/2 over the next several weeks, and so on. We will be setting up a fund that you can donate to to help us with our recovery.
Suan's was amazing... seriously wonderful. Even better, dare we say it than the Prison Spa. Their style was a little more gentle and all three of us fell asleep through our treatments.
We need help. Please donate.
Hi my name is Tammy and I am an addict.
Hi my name is Suzi and I am an addict.
Hi my name is Shawna and I'm in denial.
Okay I am laughing out loud!!! I used my high piched sound in my head as I read what Tammy said! I can't believe you guys...well okay I lied, I can believe it!!! Can't wait for the pictures!
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