River Kwai Kanchanaburi

This morning after breakfast we walked to the train station to buy a ticket to go to Nam
Tok station which is at the end of the railway line- after the Japanese surrendered the Thai government took over the railway line and decided to only maintain it as far as Nam Tok even though the line was connected to Burma and went through the infamous …

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 …

19. febrúar
Í dag var ræs and sjæne kl. 6:15 og framundan annasamur og skemmtilegur dagur. Byrjuðum á því að koma okkur framúr með herkjum og fengum okkur að borða í 7/11 og keyptum smá nesti fyrir rútuferðir dagsins. Stundvíslega kl. 7 vorum við svo sótt á ferðaskrifstofu rétt hjá hostelinu okkar og þá tók við tæplega 2 tíma akstur á „ …

... now I have travel partners to do something remote and off the beaten path, sorta... Anyways, we decide to head to Kanchanaburi and the River Kwai for an adventure.  I call up Nicki as I'm running an hour late (I honestly tried but her hotel didn't ...

... way back.  He drank all he could handle and we 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 ...

...  Kanchanburi, about 2 hours out of Bangkok. Some of you might know that's it's home to the actual "Bridge Over The River Kwai".  Upon arriving we checked into a funky little guest house called Jolly Frog. It had a wicked chill out ...

... As much as I like fish, this was not for me, I'll just put some moisturiser on. We had booked ourselves on a "tour" to the River Kwai via the floating markets. I must say that the first 5 hours of this trip were a complete waste of time. Maybe it was ...

... , most only managed a couple of words before cracking up laughing or shyly giving up! We then went to Kanchanaburi to see the Bridge over the River Kwai and other World War II things - JEATH museum (not death, they thought that would be too gruesome a ...

... the excellently kept graves of the dead soldiers and a few cave temples. In the afternoon we visted the bridge over the river Kwai itself, which still has an active track. Day three, and we visted another waterfall, again a step system with lagoons ...

... and then got straight onto another bus to Kanchanaburi, about 3 hours away, which is famous for its Bridge over the river Kwai. As is customary with our little squad these days, we got mopeds almost immediately and spent a day ranting ...

... complaining, we did actually have a good time in Kanchanaburi. The province was beautiful, mountains in the background, the River Kwai was so peaceful, very lush area with beautiful scenery everywhere and loads of gorgeous waterfalls. There was a lot ...

... we were used to.  But it was their treat, so we didn't complain.  This particular room was a floating house on the River Kwai.  Lush jungle all around, water rushing by and beneath the cabin, and a pool and restaurant on site.  ...

... organised trip today - though organised in the very loosest sense. Kanchanaburi is the site of the famous Bridge Over The River Kwai, where those nasty Japanese lets thousands of Allied POW's die building their railway to link Burma to Thailand - though ...