Today we have another long but scenic drive. We shall ride
through traditional villages and across the farming lands
along Western jungle that is SE Asia biggest rainforest
stretching far into Burma. Large parts of Central
Thailand are flat, and flat wet rice cultivation is the
preferred method of growing rice, for obvious reasons. Our
tour will involve a 150 km ride through this region. It
often gets flooded during rainy season.
In the mountains,
the hill tribe people, who also grow rice, mostly use a
different variety of rice that can actually grow on a hill
without being under water. There is some rice terrace
cultivation in Thailand, mainly in the area near some Karen
villages. And there's some smaller-valley rice growing with
somewhat of a terracing to it but not the multi level setups .
A dinner on one of the River Kwai
rafts-restaurants in Kanchanaburi is an event that is not
forgotten easily. Accommodation with breakfast in Kanchanaburi.
