The Mon Bridge - Sangkhla Buri

Sawadee farangutans and puan puan khun Thai! Wow! This vlog was an absolute nightmare to put together. The editor kept crashing. Then clips vanished from the edit. Then, when I had finished editing, I couldn't download the video to my computer. I think the AI subtitle's function kept making the program crash. Still, we got there in the end!
My 3rd trip to Sangkhla Buri or Sangkhlaburi and the Mon Bridge. I had read about the place when I first came to Thailand and really wanted to go. It was years later that I did eventually visit, about a decade! We went from Kanchanaburi and came back to Kanchanaburi the same day! That's a six plus hours round trip. We decided that it was probably best to stay over if we went again. That opportunity came up in 2016 when my pee chai (older brother) and his puan (friend) Tony came for a visit. I didn't get a lot of videos on that trip, more photographs. This time I wanted to focus more on the bridge.
If you are thinking about a trip up there, I would recommend it and I would also suggest going soon. The M81 will be opening early 2025 meaning you will be able to get to Kanchanaburi in a couple of hours. The three hours plus trip to Sangkhla Buri will be quicker and more appealing. The same could be said for the Three Pagoda Pass. I predict the area will become more commercialized and the current quaint charm maybe lost. We noticed a marked increase in 7/11s since our last trip.
INFORMATION: The Mon Bridge or Suphan Mon in Thai was built between 1986 and 1987 by Mon labourers. It showcases their skills as craftsmen. It was built to connect the Mon village of Wang Kha (Stop giggling at the back) with the Thai town of Sangkhla Buri. This was because the communities were separated when the Khao Laem Reservoir was built, now known as Vajiralongkorn Reservoir. The two communities had to use boats to cross the Songaria River. A monk initiated the building of the bridge. He was called Luang Po Uttama, and the bridge's real name is Saphan Uttamanusorn or Uttamanusorn Bridge after him.
It is the longest wooden bridge in Thailand at 400 metres in length and it is 3 metres wide. It is, apparently, the second longest wooden footbridge in the world.
ACCOMMODATION: There are a range of places where you can stay, mostly on the Sangkhla Buri side of the bridge. There are not amazing numbers of hotels or resorts and they do tend to book up in the holiday season. We stayed at Samprasob Resort. In this video I think I spelled Samprasob with an 'o' instead of an 'a'? I am not going in to change it! You can see a review of the resort on the channel.
samprasob.com/
There are great views of the bridges - there is the Red Bridge too - as well as the river from this resort. That said, there are nicer places to stay in my opinion. You would probably not get the same views.
Some more information on the area below:
www.inthailand...
That's it for now. I will be posting a Three Pagodas video soon, the waterfall we visited, a river hotel in Kanchanaburi and a local river restaurant closer to home. See you again soon. Adios!