Erawan Waterfall (1)

Kanchanaburi and around

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March 9th 2005
Yesterday we arrived at our second destination, Kanchanaburi, the location of the famous "bridge over the River Kwai" movie. The bridge, which is not too much to look at in and of itself is the main attraction in the city itself although there are other nice things around the city. We got to Kanchanaburi by a minibus from Bangkok. The guidebooks warn against some of these companies and what th ... 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