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Bridge over the River Kwai

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June 26th 2006
We took a day trip from Bangkok up to Kanchanaburi to have a look at the famous bridge over the River Kwai. We made a stop at the war rememberance garden where soldiers from both sides were buried. It was quite an emotional place to visit. We also caught a train ride, lucky enough we caught it with a school outing, which was loads of fun, thai kids everywhere. The train ride over we headed on ... 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