River In Kanchanaburi

... as I wasn't feeling to adventurous after recent unappetizing eats.<br><br>I have been wondering to myself what on earth I am doing in Thailand as, referring to my earlier rant, I have learned nothing new on this trip. But I reminded myself of my desire to head to the north having read and heard others speak highly of it, and also as a gateway to Laos - so that is where I head this afternoon, hopefully Chaing Mai will show me that Thailand really does have something for me.<br><br>Chris x<br>

... Allies. It's pretty ironic. The Japanese sent out all these prisoners, almost all of them European/Australian, out to the bridge to "welcome" the planes, but they knew it was in vain and were bombed, killing all their own people and destroying most o the bridge. It's said that the river actually turned red from all the bodies in the river. Casey and I walked across it, which was actually much riskier than I thought. No trains go across the bridge anymore I think. The ...

... Laos/Vietnam to Japan's holdings in present-day Burma, or Japan will just take over Thailand and do it anyways. So of course, to remain free, Thailand allowed Japan to build a railroad in the middle of their country to Burma. Now, the Japanese never signed the Geneva Convention and felt that they were above any war laws. Therefore they used POWs from Australia, England, New Zealand, and even some Americans, to build this railroad. During this time the Japanese thought that they were a ...

... easily pleased). Their cat chased something over the roof as we hear an almightly crash followed by the cats really loud meaows. It was no where in sight and the owners didnt seem worried and we have seen it again tonight so all is well. <br>Today we headed over to the train station and got tickets to Nam Tok only a few stops away but the train runs along the death railway and crossing over the bridge of the ...

... often end up staying a little longer than expected and I can see why. There is no rush and no animosity, pleasantries abound between visitors, expats and the Thai people as if they are aware of the horriific history played out so close to where they now lay there head at night. The pain and suffering echoing through the valley floor, railway ghosts creating the ripples of the ever flowing River Kwai as they carry on their endless journey to peace.

... POW's and lots of other people lost their lives while it was being constructed.Our guide was telling us last week that the engine came off the rails last week, the train track is perched on the side of a cliff! This made us a little uneasy but we live to tell the tale. Today was a bit of a lazy day but good. Love from the Mulcares

... I couldn't have made it faster from the Suvarbhumi airport to the southern bus terminal if my airplane had taken me there. Along the way, I got to listen to some great R&amp;B hits from the early 90's-- Mariah Carey and Boyz 2 Men, which at least distracted me from Wut Wut's driving. The bus station is enormous and dominated by Thais, and after walking nervously around all the ticket stalls looking for the bus to Nakhon Pathom, I find the ...

... going up and down the river. Feel a bit bad to see people zooming around on jet skis though, considering the history of the place. Yesterday we went to the museum to learn all about the death railway between thailand and burma. I havent actualy seen the film bridge over the river kwai, although according to the museum its inaccurate. It was a bit of an eyeopener, and kind of made us quite down for awhile i think. We also saw the grave yard as well. For those of you ...

... for me. Our first stop was at the War cemetry which was built for all the allied troups killed at the Japanese POW camps and in the building and destruction of the bridge. It was quite overwhelming to see so many headstones but the cemetry was really pretty and very well looked after. It made me quite sad that I never really spoke to my grandparents very much about the war so I have no idea if they were over at this side of the world or not (I think my Granddad ...

... one of them, but not touch them... and there were keepers around with Fanta bottles on a string that they were dangling in front of them, like over-grown house-cats.... Once you had had your picture taken near to a tiger, they were walked by the monk down to their 'play area' with 20 people at a time, each person taking it in turns to walk and stroke the tiger... so at any one time each tiger was absolutely ...