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Culture In Kanchanaburi - 8th - 10th May 06

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May 10th 2006
After a week of hedonism down on the beaches it was time to get educated from our visit to Thailand and see some of the local history. In an attempt to avoid yet another VIP bus, we decided to take the train out to Kanchanaburi, the location of the bridge over the River Kwai. This meant getting up at 5am to get a ferry across the Chao Phraya River to the train station, taking in a songthiew for go ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi

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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