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Bridge over the River Kwai

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December 30th 2012
From Bangkok, we took a train to Kanchanaburi. This is where the bridge over River Kwai is located. Our train was interesting. It was a third class train - open air windows and definitely not exciting. The train ticket was only $3.50 each. The train was also an hour late. The train ride was about 3 hours. You did get to see a lot of the country side and a lot of stuff blew in on us. We got off ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central 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