Bridge over the River Kwai

3 Buses in a Single Day

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February 21st 2006
We woke up early yet again to catch a 7am bus to Kanchanaburi which we had booked ourselves onto the night before. Our choice of booking with a less-than-reputable-looking travel company had us panicking when our bus had failed to turn up by 7:10. It turned out that the bus was waiting outside our hostel, rather than outside the travel company "office" (a table inside a bar) where we were actual ... 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