Bridge over the River Kwai cont.

As you can imagine, what with my fear of heights I was not too thrilled that you could see straight down through the openings in the bridge.

Bridge over the River Kwai and other WWII sites

May 12th 2006
As enjoyable as the first few days in Bangkok had been, I needed to get away for a day. Having always been interested in WWII history/relics, I decided to take a day trip to Kanchanaburi, about 2 hours west of Bangkok. This the area where Hellfire Pass and the Bridge over the River Kwai are located. Whilst in Japan I had tried to organize a several day bike trip from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi and ... 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

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