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Bridge on the River Kwai  
   

Bridge on the River Kwai

Thousands of POWs and conscripted workers died constructing the railway and this bridge under Japanese occupation in WW2. The tourist bazaar adjacent is Thailand's most depressing.
Kwai are we waiting? Tigers, elephants and bridges

January 17th 2008
Itineraries, well, they're made to be broken, right? On the road we met with some Germans and a Londoner who told us great things about Tigers in Kanchanaburi in central Thailand, and then we find out that the bridge over the river Kwai was there, and we were sold. So with only two days left until we flew to Singapore we found ourselves racing there on a mini-bus from Bangkok after taking a nigh ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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