Hello all, hope you are well We had one night in Bangkok after Hong Kong before getting the bus to Kanchanburi. Its where the bridge over the river kwai stands. During the 2nd world war 300k prisoners of war & asian labourers worked on building the bridge & because of the poor conditions, malnutrition etc, over 100k died. It was quite a moving place. The idea was conceived by the Japanese after allies blocked the sea routes in 1942. It only took 6 months to complete. We also visited the war cemetary & saw many english, dutch, australian & thai graves. Many of them died just a few days before the war ended & all so young. Enough to make anyone feel choked. We stayed in a guest house for very little & the food was
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