Felix Riverkwai Resort Kanchanaburi

Day of WW II history, elephant riding, river rafting, Bridge over the River Kwai and the Death Railway!

On the first day we hired a moped, we were staying out of town in the luxury Felix River Kwai resort (with a hair dryer!!). We spent a couple of lazy days relaxing by the pool and soaking up the sun. On the second night we had dinner al fresco in the grounds of the hotel close to the Bridge over the River Kwai, after dinner we were seated on a floating deck to watch the annual Light & Sound show which illustrates some of the events surrounding the Bridge during the war. We got speaking to...

Up at 5:00 am and out to an early breakfast this morn at 7 am. On the bus to head out of the hotel by 8. We headed straight out of Bangkok south to a small village on our way to Kanchanaburi to see how they make coconut sugar and candy. It was very sweet. They also soak nuts making it taste like brickle. Here we saw 2 Kamodo Dragons in the wild. About 3-4 feet in length. And, naturally, do a little shopping. We then continued south to the Damnoen Saduak where you see the floating market where...

We left Bangkok in the morning and after a few hours drive we arrived in Kanchanaburi, the site of the infamous Bridge over the river Kwai. Unfortunately neither of us were 100% sure as to why the bridge was as famous as what it was, this didn't stop us from having a great lunch at a floating restaurant underneath the bridge arches. I managed to get the hottest curry on the menu and Sam had her regular order of stir-fried veggies and rice. After lunch we drove straight over to a war cemetery ...

We arrived at the train station to book not only our tickets to Chiang Mai which we knew we needed to book early but also to get transport to Kanchanaburi which is around 100 miles from Bangkok to the West. All our guide books said it was about 3 hours by train but we were greeted by our usual you don't want to do that you want to do this .... culminating in the train will take 7 hours and we really didn't want to take it due to its unreliability. We were whooshed upstairs to a travel agency ...

Josey is on mid term break and we are off for a little driving tour. We left Bkk ahead of schedule and were very proud of ourselves for figuring out how to get out of the city and on our way. Granted we got a bit disorientated, but eventually figured it out and got going by ourselves! We were only an hour behind and in Bkk, that is an accomplishment!! The day was beautiful and the kids were good. We had a couple of pit stops along the way and also stopped at the visitor center to get directio...

First stop today was the Jearth Museum which described conditions in the prisoner of war camp at Kanchanaburi. The suffering of the WWII POWs at this camp was beyond belief. There were lots of photos; mainly of Dutch, English and Australian men who were under the control of the Japanese. We made an emotional stop at the POW cemetary where we read many of the testimonials on the gravestones. Before lunch we spent a few hours at the Bridge over the river Kwai (or Kwae in Thai). Made so famous b...