River Kwai Hotel

... again. We were there for 15 days and in that time spent 5 nights at the Manhatten Hotel in Bangkok, 2 nights at the River Kwai Hotel in Kanchanaburi & 7 nights at the Methavali in Cha Am &1 night at the Great Residence at the airport. This is our story.

... . He wore a jacket and we were finally a bit comfortable. Lots more driving. Ate at a floating restaurant right on the River Kwai. Was pretty nice. Soup, rice, sweet and sour chicken, cashew chicken, and mixed veggies with pineapple and watermelon ...

I know touristy but great view of river from balcony of hotel felt so ...

... . One of our tour's excursions was to stay one night at a most exotic and tranquil setting on a floating hotel at the edge of the River Kwai.  We would later walk on the famous bridge replica. Getting there was a riot and it was ...

... . Anyways...good fun! From The Floating Market our driver took us to Kanchanaburi (known specifically for "The Bridge Over The River Kwai") and...what a find this place was!!! Beautiful...relaxing...and full of adventure!!! Two nights we spent here. ...

... , or other needed services, and they will be your nice bridge to the surrounding community. PS – Some Super Recipes from the River Kwai Farm             Our cook was a genius who had worked for ...

... a walk around each and lots of history from Moh the tour guide, we travelled three hours to Kanchanaburi. We stayed at the River Kwai Resort and the bungalow was lovely. Breakfast was next to the river, overlooking the River Kwai and bridge built by the ...

... negotiated a 'cheap' fair with a tuk tuk operator and 15 minutes later checked in to the Royal River Kwai Resort...........stunning......beautiful......tranquil.......right on the banks of the famous river........room just delightful.........lovely ...

... we both Shelley and I look at each other and feel lucky with our 5* hotels. From here we then visited The Bridge over the River Kwai.  This famous bridge spans the Kwai Yai River. It was brought from Java by the Japanese Army and assembled at ...

... and saw many shops selling local titbits and souvenirs. Shopping for these stuffs are Grandparents' favourite! *Some history on the River Kwai Bridge & the Death Railway: The Death Railway was a strategic railway built between Thailand and Burma. It ...

... and we were plonked on the appropriate bus. In the afternoon we headed to Kanchaburi to visit the infamous "Bridge over the River Kwai". During the Japanese occupation of Thailand and Burma, they wanted to build a railway so that they could get supplies ...

... east Asia.. So.. we book a tour on line... it has the same title with one of my husband's favorite movie: Bridge of the river kwai.. We were picked up very early in the morning around 8.30am.. rode a car for 2 hours... our first stop is Kanchanabury war ...

... are all jabbed up we have decided to head out from Bankgkok for a few days. We are now at Kanchanaburi, next to the river Kwai. We stayed last night at a little guesthouse comprising of several rafts floating on the river. In the middle was an open ...

... we then took a lovely boat ride up the river, after about 15 minutes we saw it in the distance...the recognisable Bridge over the River Kwai... we departed from the boat and took a walk along the bridge...to be honest the bridge was just a bridge but the ...

... day and we had to prepare ourselves after lunch to depart B'kok by minibus and head for Kanchanaburi, to see the Bridge over the river Kwai. At Kanchanaburi we had time to walk over the bridge and it made me feel sad to know that each sleeper of the ...

... lot of mud and dead animals everywhere), So we are spending the next three nights at Hintok River Camp by the river Kwai - instead of the two nights which we were originally spending. In Ho Chi Minh City we went to the Mariamman Hindu temple just round ...

... was a lot of fun and picked the mood up for a lot of us after the Jeath camp.  Then we went to the famous River Kwai.  Its actually really cool to learn something in history at school and then to go to that place and see it for yourself. After ...

Today we are off to the river Kwai Bridge made so famous by the film of the same name. There are plenty of well-advertised tourist trips available and are fairly reasonably priced in tourist terms (about $25 U.S.) for a whole day out. However, on ...

... massage lol, then off to lunch at the Trestle bridge part of the Death Railway. Back into the car we headed to the Bridge over River Kwai few photos and back into the car for the 2hr trip back to Bangkok.  May have kipped in the car a few times ...

... Allied POWs commanded by Japanese engineers thought the jungle. The episode in history is made famous by the file 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai'. Very good museum if a litle small and definite nice to there when no big groups about. Cemetery feels a bit ...