Hellfire Pass

The calm of Kanchanaburi - Beautiful!

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October 24th 2007
Wow - how peaceful is it to get out of Bangkok. We got a nice air conditioned bus from Bangkok, west, to Kanchanaburi. It took about 2 hours and Nikki slept like a baby all the way! We stayed at a guesthouse called Apple Guesthouse which is just beautiful - nice little bungalow with just a fan for company and a cold shower which is all you need in this heat. The food at the guesthouse was amazing ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more