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Death train and the river Kwai

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May 24th 2001
23 May 2001 Two days ago, I rode the “death train” over the Bridge Over the River Kwai. We were thrown together with 3 young men from Wales, taking a trip before heading off to university, and a Danish couple that had signed up for a tour of the floating market and rose garden and ended up with us at the death museum, crawling through a cave and riding elephants. Such is the way with these ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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