Arrival at River Kwae

Kanchanaburi

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November 9th 2006
Oh my God, why oh why would you ever book a tour that means getting up on Holiday before 7am! Bleary eyed, we meet up with our guide for the day in the hotel lobby. She introduces herself as Gai and together with a driver we are setting off for a private tour of Kanchanaburi approximately 130km west of Bangkok. Our first stop of the day is the JEATH war Museum, (Japenese English American Thai ... 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