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Death Railway

Crossing the wooden cliff bridge
River Kwai

August 21st 2005
Or as I prefer to call it, Bridge over the River Kowaii... (if you don't speak Japanese 'kowaii' means scary). Not that the bridge itself was scary mind you, just walking over it was. When our tour van pulled up to the bridge and the JEATH War Museum, the whole area was crawling with tourists. Every one posing and snapping pictures. I had to crawl over people, literally, to get to the bridge. Unfo ... read more
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