Before travelling further south, we wanted to visit the locations of the infamous Burma-Thai Railway.
Taking the train from Bangkok-Thonburi to Kanchanaburi is an experience in itself … in more ways than one
Thonburi is a very small train station with only a handful of trains. 3rd class trains only, air con via open windows and ventilators. Mind you, tickets for 125 km train journey are only £2.50 each.
Leaving Bangkok, there are sad sights along the railway track with people living in desperate conditions. Most notably the amount of rubbish everywhere. One would expect the government / authorities to do much more about it
Getting further into the countryside, the scenery gets a bit greener and is dominated by rice fields, vegetables and sugar cane plantations.
Besides that travelling on the train is dirty (even after a double scrub under the shower, the dirt leaves dark marks on the towel), noisy and slow – despite what the railway authority advertises
The Travels of Birgit 