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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I am married to my loving husband for more than 40 years now. I am a mother to 3 beautiful children, until years ago when I lost my youngest son. Since then my life is forever altered but yet unbroken....

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Friday 2 September 2016

2016 Umphang Trip Day 02: Surat Thani - Kanchanaburi

“Life is simple, complicating it is the problem…” - Margaret Mara

(A wet day at the Bridge over the River Kwai)

Day 02: 2 September 2016 (Friday)
Route: Surat Thani - Kanchanaburi
Distance: 685 km
Hotel: Luxury Hotel

We had breakfast at the hotel café. By 8:45 am we started driving on Highway 4 towards north and stopped for lunch in a Muslim Restaurant by the highway in Prachuap Khiri Khan and performed our prayers at the restaurant musolla.

(Princess Park Hotel owned by a Muslim)
(A Muslim Restaurant in Prachuap Khiri Khan)
(Having my favourite Iced-Cappuccino at the Amazon Cafe)
(Cloudy sky ahead on Highway 41)
(Intermittent rain along the way)
(A welcoming sign of Kanchanaburi)

We made a few more stops for coffee break at the Amazon Café. By 7:00 pm we arrived in Kanchanaburi and drove direct to the infamous Bridge over the River Kwai. There were a large crowd at the bridge, obviously waiting for the beautiful sun set. We bought fried rice-to- go from a Muslim stall near the Train Station.


(Visiting the Bridge around sun set)
(Street vendors selling local delicacies)
(A street artist capturing the local scene)
(The historical majestic bridge at sun set)
(The notorious bridge over the River Kwai)
(Floating Restaurant bustling with customers)
(River Kwai Railway Station)
(A Muslim stall by the River Kwai)

After checking-in Luxury Hotel at B700/night, we went for an hour of relaxing foot massage and had crispy banana pancake for supper.

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