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Kanchanaburi - Train journey across the River Kwai

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February 17th 2016
Tuesday 16 February Today we have a plan. As we cannot walk or hike very far, due to aforementioned heat/humidity levels, we will walk the 25 minutes to Kanchanaburi Railway Station to catch the 10.30am tourist train across the River Kwai, and onto Nam Tok, it's final destination, taking over two hours each way. The fare is either bht100 (£2) or special class tourist price bht300 (do the math), ... 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