The following week went pretty fast. One of the teachers had his birthday. So, because everyone in Thailand loves karaoke so much we decided to go out for karaoke to celebrate Chris's birthday. I was actually quite impressive. It was a restaurant sitting on a wooden pier. It was a huge place. There was a live band playing and people were outside with the band and then there were individual rooms that you could get.

SO, we rented our own room that came with leather couches, a large tv and the whole karaoke set up. There was a rather large group of us, around 20. They had quite the selection of songs to choose from. Apparently there are places like this all of Thailand. It was such a fun night!

That weekend I went to Kanchanaburi for a motorbike adventure up to the Myanmar border to Three Pagodas Pass. After school on Friday nine of us got on a bus and headed to Kanchanaburi, which took about two hours. Once we got there we all got some food and a massage and then headed to bed for an early morning on Saturday. We had to get started early because we were going to be on the road all day. But, first most of us had to learn how to drive the bikes. It look quite easy but it was extremely hard to get a hold on how the bike worked. The gas on the bike was used by turning the handles and the brakes were just handle brakes like ones on a bicycle.

It was also very hard to get used to driving on the opposite side of the road then I was used to. After we had done a bit of practicing for about a little over an hour we jumped onto the highway into traffic and began our journey up to Sangkhlaburi, which was about 200 km.

The first stop that we made was at Sai Yok Noi waterfall. It was beautiful and refreshing. We were able to climb us and explore around the waterfalls.

This journey is known as Thailand's most scenic drive, and it certainly was! Living in Bangkok it is hard to realize how lush this country really is. So much greenery it was fantastic! There were limestone cliffs just jutting out from the waters and driving through the mountains. It was such an amazing feeling to be driving through all of this beautiful country side on a motor bike! By the end of the drive my but was super sore! We finished driving a little bit after dark. I was not a fan of driving in the dark. Thailand driving is very crazy. Most of the time lanes do not mean anything. So we stayed the night in Sangkhlaburi.

Then we got up early again the next day to get to the Myanmar border and three pagodas pass, which for centuries had been a relay point for Thai-Burmese trade. The last portion of the drive was just as beautiful as the first. Once we reached the pass we began our trip back to Kanchanaburi.

It was a fantastic weekend and a scenic journey never to forget!