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Hello everyone :D I'm back with another blog post. Today I'm here to share another trip with you. I recently came back from a two-day trip to Kanchanaburi with my friends. The reason we picked Kanchanaburi was because it's a great place to go during a weekend or a short holiday since it isn't that far from Bangkok and it's convenient in terms of travelling for those who don't own a car or don't feel like driving long distances.
The place we booked for our trip is called Sai Yok View Raft. It's a floating lodge type of place situated on the river Kwai. There has been so many good reviews on this place and that made it so hard to make a reservation haha because everyone wants to go there as well. But we got lucky and got the room. Yay! The price is quite cheap - 1000 baht per person for one night including rafting activity and 2 buffet meals (dinner and breakfast). Good deal!
On the day of the trip my friends and I met up at Victory monument to get on a van. There are actually 3 ways you can get to Kanchanaburi: train, bus, and van. Going by train will take you almost 4 hours to get there while going by bus and van will take around 2-3 hours. We chose to go by van because the van's schedule is more frequent (it leaves every 15 minutes). The ticket is 120 baht per person
The van dropped us off at the main station and we had to take another van to reach Sai Yok, where our resort is. The van from there costs 115 baht and it takes around 1.30 hour. Once we got to Sai Yok, we called the resort to pick us up from the main road then we're in for another 10 minute bumpy ride haha
The rooms are very simple but what is incredible about this place is the atmosphere. It's so relaxing!
The water in the river is so cooling but the bad thing is the current is pretty strong because of the rainy season. It's too risky so we didn't really swim in the river but we did in the pool instead. If you really want to swim though, you can use the life jacket that the place provides. Better to be safe!
There is also rafting activity in the evening. There are 2 rounds: 4pm and 5pm. The big raft takes you up the river and then you can jump off it and float along, then the raft will catch you at the end
Another good thing about this hotel is that they have Nongpho ice cream. Ohmagerddd! It's one of my favourite ice cream brands ever. Milk flavour is a must! :D
The next day we woke up for breakfast and then checked out at 12pm and had one last round of nongpoho ice cream hehe. The resort dropped us off at the main road and we waited for the red bus to go back to the main station to catch a van back to Bangkok
And that's a wrap for this trip! A short but undoubtedly a super fun one. I really recommend Sai Yok View Raft (or any similar kind of place) for anyone who's tired of Bangkok and needs a quick getaway. It's not luxurious but who cares when you can still have lots of fun with friends :P
See you in the next post! xx ♡
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