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Into Hellfire Pass  
   

Into Hellfire Pass

This cutting was built by POWs and Asian conscripts in WW2. Thousands died a month using bare hands and picks while being beaten and abused by Japanese soldiers. We visited the sobering museum and walk...
Tigers!!! and Trekking....

March 28th 2006
It's been a while, but we have a good excuse: we were in the jungle. Literally, for five days... It's great to be back in civilisation again now though... we're in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Our whistlestop tour of Northern Thailand (North of Bangkok anyways) has begun in earnest. After topping up our tans in Ko Chang, we began in Bangkok where we met up with some of Stu's friends from ... read more
Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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