| Page Views: 2,433 Last Visit to Kanchanaburi: July, 2003 | Kanchanaburi... by yen_2 - last update: Aug 30, 2004 |
...and the sorrounding countryside..
Bridge of the River Kwai *
It was a beautiful Saturday morning where it was a great day for visiting the well known countryside, Kanchanaburi*-where it stands on the banks of the Mae Khlong River, at a point where it separates into the Kwai Noi and the Kwai Yai. Where merely about 2 and a half hours from Bangkok. The famous River Kwai Bridge is without doubt the most visited destination, it is a part of the death railway to Burma, where many P.O.W have died. A very sad experience yet it's great to know some history! There are also fine National Parks with many waterfalls and the usual elephant riding and bamboo rafting.
Anyhow, the tour started very early in the morning, they(tour guide-coach) picked us up around 6:30 am and directly go picked up another 3 visitors around Sathorn area. And then, we departed to Kanchanaburi around 8:00am and arrived 10:30 exactly at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery:* The cemetery of the remains of over 6,000 prisoners of war, who lost their lives during the heavy construction of the "Death Railway"..and after a few minutes of waiting for the other three tourist, I did took few photo's as it's a cemetery.. we directly go to JEATH Museum(World War II Museum)*:It's an open air museum constructed in the form of actual prisoners of war (POW) camp. There are collections of photographs, pictures, articles, pistols, knives and so many other things from the construction of the "Death Railway" . It was very hot but we did managed to take a long tail boat down to see the famous, Bridge of the River Kwai*, there are alot of people around. But of course, the highlight of the tour was to see and cross the bridge..so, I did cross the bridge where the train almost hit me..thanks to the old man trying to save me coz hubby was in the other side. Anyway, one of those experiences...after a while we waited for the train and that it took us 1 1/2 hour to be in Nam Tok Station* to just see the "Death Railway"..oh my... Anyway, what a wonderful, tiring, scarey experience we had! After that, we went to ride an Elephant, that was a pretty darn consolation I had...I did ride the Elephant! Yohooo...The best part of it was the Ele riding!=) |
| POW cemetery,Kanchanaburi |
The photo is the graves of more than 6,000 of the Prisoners of War during the construction of the "Death Railway". There are alot of people visiting the cemetery even young students..I don't know what are they doing there but they're writing something..on my way to this page you'll see some of them in my tips. |
Of course, they took a picture of me driving..I wouldn't get my butt out there without any evidence!heheh...At first,it's really scarey but it's okey as hubby is with me but when the driver told us that if we want to go drive up, hubby then answered,No! Ohh...my, then, I voluntered to be the driver...It was alot of fun, Ele is very strong and they're trained...It was a great experience...Have you ride an Elephant? If you haven't get out there and go visit "Thailand"heheh |
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| Pros: | "You can witness some historical sights.." | | Cons: | "Bring your hat, eyeshades, and umbrellas if you don't want to be grilled under the sun.." | | In A Nutshell: | "The Death Railway and the famour River Kwai, located!" |
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goutammitra Sun Oct 25, 2009 03:32 UTC
Excellent page and information on Kanchanaburi. I may also use the same transport method to visit this place in January. | umashanker Tue Nov 8, 2005 08:17 UTC
"Death Railway" nice pics, sad history. | BluBluBlu Wed Aug 10, 2005 22:27 UTC
Loved these pages...read them all...and tipped most. I'm not of that generation...but I had tears in JEATH. Happy travels to you...Blu | CandS Tue May 31, 2005 10:55 UTC
Wonderful page!!! We'll go there in October...I can't wait to do an elephant ride... And we'll stay in the same hotel. |
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