McWai

Kanchanaburi

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October 3rd 2006
We spent one night in Bangkok in the worlds smallest hotel room - couldn't even swing a cat. The next day we got an early bus to Kanchanaburi, only two hours away. Our gueshouse here is really nice-we've got a little semi-detached bungalow. Kanchanaburi is home to the bridge over the river Kwai, part of the Burma-Siam railway (known as the Death Railway because so many men lost their lives buil ... 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