Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

Today we hired bikes and had mapped out our plan for the day. We firstly set of to find the Jeath museum (JEATH stands for Japan, England, America, Australia, Thailand and Holland), this museum contains news clippings from after the war and is about the construction of the railway line from Kanchanaburi to Burma. It includes letters and real …

Got the metro without a hitch, except feeling like i had an elephant strapped to my back!!
Got off at HuaLampong station to find no taxi would take me across the river to Thonburi station because of the flooding!! getting really suspicious of taxi drivers in this city!!! Got a tuk tuk and once we crossed the bridge I realised just how bad the …

Pour aujourd'hui j'avais prévu une excursion au Tiger Temple, à 200km de Bangkok. J'ai donc pris un bus pendant 2 heures pour arriver à Kanchanaburi. J'ai vite visité un cimetière du Commonwealth oú 6000 prisonniers sont morts pendant la construction du chemin de fer japonais pendant la 2e guerre mondiale. Le cimetière est vraiment bien conservé, …

Nuestro viaje a la historia: yupi!!!!...nos habían dicho que los buses a Kanchanaburi salían a eso de las 9:30 en la mañana así que nos levantamos y partimos al terminal… al llegar allí, resultó que no quedaban pasajes para esa hora así que a esperar hasta las 12:30… hora en que salía el próximo bus…. Como podrán suponer la espera …

Our tour guide Tiger (he described his name as a meow rather than a roar) collected us from our hotel at 7 in the morning and shot of at great speeds towards Kanchanburi, 2 hours west of Bangkok.

Erawan Waterfalls
Our first was the Erawan National Park which contained a seven tiered Waterfall, all accessible by foot. Each tier …

Leaving Vietnam was thankfully a very painless activity, my Hostel in Hanoi ran a taxi service to the airport and bar a bit of a wait at the immigration desk it was a smooth process. Only forgetting to put my swiss army knife in my checked luggage put a bit of a dampener on things, something else I lost to Vietnam!

Arriving in Bangkok was …

As we were waiting for our tour operator to pick us up outside the hotel I started to feel a little nauseous. A second later I had to make a mad dash to the lobby toilet where I proceeded to throw up. Since I hadn't drank much alcohol the night before I put it down to my stomach readjusting to Koh San Road food preparation standards which are …

Loving being in Bangkok again. Great day yesterday - chilled late breakfast, Jim Thompson etc finished off by best dinner. Up early to leave at 6 with packed breakfast. Went to Kanchanaburi and caught train along part of the Burma-Thailand Railway -same route built by Australians British and Dutch in 1942-43. Even more incredible the second time. …

Entry containing 94 photos titled: YUMMY mango and sticky rice, Dinner with friend-of-friend and his family, Chinese dinner in Bangkok, Our new friend Sunthorn -- such a nice man, Sunthorn's Stanford-educated son, View from our hotel -- we loved this place

Traveled to Kanchanaburi by bus it was like a theme park ride. First off all stuck in traffic in Bangkok getting out to the Southern bus terminal and then had difficulty finding out where to buy a ticket!!!! They have different ticket booths for every destination. Bus packed full we were sat squeezed next to two thai ladies - ended up with numb bum …

... were back on our way to Kanchanaburi for a relaxing afternoon exploring the bridge over the River Kwai, the floating restaurants, the war cemetery and the cute rustic town.  I contemplate getting my first massage, but opt to hold off until I'm on ...

... sort of itinerary so we know what we're doing for the next three days?" "Yes, yes, yes." "Where are we going after the War Cemetery?" "Yes, yes, yes." "When do we go to the hotel?" "Yes, yes, yes." Oh, we were getting annoyed! It ended up ...

...  they were so shocked by what had happened.  I can see kindness and empathy in their hearts.  The war cemetery nearby was beautifully kept, I am sure since it is subsidized by the veterans.  In one quiet ...

... of war died and about 50000 - 100000 conscripted local labourers (ie. Burmese, Thais, Malays, etc) Walk over the bridge, visit the war cemetery and the JEATH War Museum and have some lunch (maybe on a floating restaurant). Go to a hotel in afternoon ...

... day solemn-faced taking in every one of the sobering realities imparted on us in the museum at the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre opposite the war cemetery - easily one of the most well-documented well-delivered museums I've come across. But that's ...

... a pretty good show full of stuff blowing up and catching on fire. Before we headed back to Bangkok, we stopped at the War cemetery. Although the visit reminded me of my visit to the American and Canadian Cemeteries in Normandy, there wasn't as much ...

... was also one that could also be used off rails as it looked more like a truck. We walked into town and came across a war cemetery. Now, I thought my history was pretty good, but fuck me, there were loads of Dutchies buried here as well. I really ...

... trek, bamboo rafting and waterfall visit. Only hitch being we had to leave at 6:50am...hmmm... Started off at Allied War cemetery where thousands of prisoners of war are buried (mainly British and Australian) who died when constructing the Burma-Thai ...

... ..........' Went to another war gallery, which was just framed pictures then got back on our bikes & rode to Chung Kai War Cemetery which holds the bodies of about 1300 British soldiers killed in Thailand during the war. Its a very interesting ...

... over it as the line is still working and trains come along, although not very frequently. We cycled back with a quick stop at the war cemetery which was very well kept and we were saddened to see how young some of the men who died were. Once we ...