I've Survived the Legendary Thai Massage...

Woke up this morning at about 11 and headed over to Snow White's to pick up my laundry (that is the name of the laundromat down the street). I'd rather do them myself, but stuff comes out of the washing machine here smelling pretty funky. I grabbed an iced coffee from sev and read a bit and then decided to go get a pedicure with my roommate Nathan. After that we decided to go across the street and get massages. It lasted about 2 hours and was pretty cool. They bend your body so much I thought my bones might snap. But overall it was pretty relaxing, but now my neck and shoulders and calves are getting pretty sore. After that I was headed to my classroom but ran into Keng from NBC and ended up playing tennis with him and another guy (Pe Goh). I've never played sports at temperatures of 35 degrees so it was pretty exhausting. After that I talked with Craig and Michelle to finalize our plans for the long weekend next week. We are gonna leave Thursday morning for Kanchanaburi. It is about 120 km NW of Bangkok. We made reservations at a place called the Blue Star Guesthouse. We hope to come back on Saturday. Here is a blurb about Kanchanaburi from Frommer's Thailand:

Really more than a 1-day trip (best as an overnight), Kanchanaburi is home of the famed Bridge over the River Kwai and the notorious internment camps for Allied troops forced into servitude (and death) by the Japanese during World War II in an effort to link Burma and Thailand by rail. Made legendary by film of the same name, "The Bridge over the River Kwai" lives on in name only; the existing bridge is just a little rattle-trap trestle that crosses not the River Kwai but a tributary (but that doesn't stop souvenir hawkers and the touris infrastructure that has grown up around the bridge). There are however lots of good excursions in the area, many caves and waterfalls in the surrouding hills and a few good hotels and riverside guesthouses: a popular esscape from the heat, traffic and pollution of Bangkok.