Bridge over the River Kwai

Kan-Kan-Kanchanaburi...!

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March 5th 2006
Sunday 5th March to Thursday 9th March 2006 Time to move outta Bangkok and further afield in Thailand. This time on my own - no Jeanette to help ease the burden of the strange land and travel... Starting of course by not catching the tourist bus but doing it the 'proper hardcore' (!!) traveller thang and catching the local bus! Sooo I decided to do just that. The thing is, I was about to ge ... 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