Kanchanaburi War Cemetry

On the road

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December 1st 2015
Geo: 14.344, 100.561Today we didn't do all that much. Went to the British war cemetry and to the Burmese Thai railway museum close by. Both very interesting, also 'cause a lot of forced (if you don't work for us, we cut off your hands) Asian workers died, constructing the railway, almost 50% of them.In the afternoon we took a mini bus to Ayutthaya where we were dropped at the ho ... 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