Bill and Ben's Excellent Adventure Vox 2009-09-20T16:19:59Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398e81ce70004/ One last journey tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce7000401240b5f61ca860e 2009-09-20T16:19:59Z 2009-09-20T16:19:59Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Side car taxi

Following on with our theme of collecting different modes of transport during the year, we managed to fit in a ride on one of these side-car taxis. We had a little trip from the mo-ped hire shop in Kanchanaburi to the bus headed for Bangkok (that ...

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]]> The Bridge Over the River Kwai tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123f162d1e3860f 2009-09-20T16:15:08Z 2009-09-20T16:15:08Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bridge over the River Kwai (7) Bridge over the River Kwai (2) Bridge over the River Kwai (11)

Didn't they blow that up? Well, yes, they did, and they then rebuilt it. And now it's a huge tourist attraction. We were pleased to be able to say that we saw it, but the most amazing thing was visiting the JEATH War Museum and taking the time to ...

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]]> Mon village tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123ddccb8ff860d 2009-09-20T15:49:11Z 2009-09-20T15:49:11Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Elephant building (1) Elephants at Mon village (4) Elephants at Mon village (14) Elephants at Mon village (13) Elephants at Mon village (7)

A building in the shape of an elephant (Bangkok) and real elephants along the River Kwai. The Jungle Rafts were largely run by Mon people who lived just by the rafts. The Mon are a completely separate people group from Thais and I think that most...

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]]> A slice of paradise tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123f162cfee860f 2009-09-20T15:44:16Z 2009-09-20T15:44:16Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

River Kwai jungle rafts (4) River Kwai jungle rafts (7) River Kwai jungle rafts (9) River Kwai jungle rafts (13)

We decided to treat ourselves to a little bit of luxury for the last few days of our trip. The intensity of the conference and then spending a little bit of time looking after a British girl who was admitted to hospital with a bacterial infecti...

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]]> King of the swingers tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123ddccb67e860d 2009-09-20T15:08:39Z 2009-09-20T15:08:39Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Zip line

We had a much-needed afternoon off half way through the conference. Many people went on field trips, but I'm afraid I took the opportunity to have some time to myself and curl up with a book! Ben's energy wasn't quite a zapped as mine and he head...

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]]> Lending a helping hand tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123ddb903e0860c 2009-09-20T15:03:28Z 2009-09-20T15:03:28Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

IC leaders Chang Mai zoo (15) Chang Mai zoo (8)

After we finished in Bangkok, we went to volunteer at a conference for Christian charities. Ben spent the week doing all the audio visual stuff with another lad - quite a high-pressured job, with some people dropping off memory sticks containing ...

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]]> Ancient City tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123ddb9025d860c 2009-09-20T14:43:32Z 2009-09-20T14:49:41Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ancient Siam City - crazy fountain (2) Ancient Siam City - Lily pads (1) Ancient City (36) Ancient City (30) Ancient City (24) Ancient City (21) Ancient City (16) Ancient City (12)

Our final week wasn't all work and no play. We had a group outing to the Ancient City or Ancient Siam. This is alleged to be the world's largest outdoor museum - but how do you judge? This massive park contains 109 scaled-down replicas of the cou...

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]]> Finished...at last tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00e398e81ce700040123dda41258860b 2009-09-20T14:32:05Z 2009-09-20T14:50:05Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Emma's library (1) Emma's library

Yes, we've been home for nearly a month. No, we're not still in Thailand. But it seems daft not to finish off the blog, to neglect writing about the last couple of weeks of our trip. The last week in Bangkok was a bit of a slog trying to get all...

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]]> The Grand Palace tag:vox.com,2009-08-12:asset-6a00e398e81ce7000401101801d1ba860e 2009-08-12T09:03:45Z 2009-08-12T09:05:00Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Grand Palace, Bangkok Grand Palace, Bangkok (10) Grand Palace (49) Grand Palace (43) Grand Palace (40) Grand Palace (28) Grand Palace (26) Grand Palace (25) Grand Palace (19) Grand Palace (9)

Back in Bangkok, we visited the Grand Palace. This is where the emerald buddha is housed (the guy that wears a different outfit for each season). It's an amazing place, temples, spires and pillars crambed into a relatively small space. There is so...

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]]> Ayutthaya tag:vox.com,2009-08-12:asset-6a00e398e81ce70004011016c1246c860d 2009-08-12T08:45:12Z 2009-08-12T08:45:12Z Bill and Ben http://billandben.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wat Na Phra Mane (3) Wat Phra Mahathat (13) Wat Phra Mahathat (4) Wat Ratchaburana (16) Wat Ratchaburana (13) Wat Phra Mahathat (32) From hotel Ayutthaya (1)

This place was a real highlight on our trip and we ended up staying here an extra night...just to see all the buddha! Ayutthaya was the old capital of Thailand and the whole of the old town is full of ruins, temple after temple. They're all calle...

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