Swimming in Erawan

Kanchanaburi - Death Railway and Erawan Falls

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January 25th 2008
On Wednesday morning we got up at 05:00 to try and get the 6 o'clock train along the Death Railway to Nam Tok. This is the furthest that it is now possible to go as the line between Nam Tok and Burma was torn up after the war. Arriving at the station we were told that the train was delayed. We sat and watched the sun rise, had a breakfast of water and chewing gum from the only open stall, read ... 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