Bridge Over The River Kwai

Kanchanaburi

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August 16th 2014
The hotel arranged our taxi as we checked out so we missed the usual fun and games of getting a driver prepared to use the meter. Victory Monument was the destination as we were advised that this was the place to book a bus to Kanchanaburi. There were no signs in English at all but a tout pointed us in the right direction. I was about to buy two tickets at THB120 each when I was told that we n ... 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