Sangkhlaburi, a sleepy town of 15,000, is located 340 km northwest of Bangkok in Kanchanaburi Province.
Most of Sangkhlaburi's population includes many ethnic groups such as the Mon, Karen, Burmans, Lao and even Burmese Muslims from Arakan state in western Burma. The ethnic conflicts of earlier decades have largely been sorted out. Sangkhlaburi now guarantees a peaceful multi-ethnic environment.
Sanghkhlaburi is set towards the end of one of Thailand's western border, nestled on the low hills edging Vajiralongkorn Lake, and is surrounded to the north and east by higher forest-covered limestone ranges. The outlying area hosts Karen and Mon villages, caves, waterfalls and jungle.
To explore these sights we rented a motorcycle for 2 days, riding among the peacful villages, trying to contact with the locals (the language barrier was very hard), stopping in secluded places, admiring the temples and of course visiting Tree Pagodas Pass, which remark the official border with Burma. Unfortunately these days the border is closed for forigners and local at once, altough we found it breached and many people from either side went through each direction without any problem.
Have fun,
Efrat and Yoni.
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