Kanchanaburi - Death Railway

Culture on the Kwai

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February 24th 2007
So, as we left in the last blog, we headed up from our paradise at Ko Lipe, via an overnight sleeper train, and some more random methods of transport, up to the town of Kanchanaburi. A favourite with travellers for its close proximity to 'The Bridge over the river Kwai', and the Thailand / Burma "Death Railway". Without going into too much of a history lesson, for those of you that don't know ... 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