Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Thailand

Travel Blogs from Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, Thailand (4)

Bridge on the River Kwai, Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, Thailand travel blog
Bridge on the River Kwai
Mar 20, 2004

... passports we decided to just have a chilled afternoon and a walk along the river. We now have plenty of time to see Bangkok and the surrounding area. Wednesday 17th March Today we got up and had fresh pineapple for breakfast and the walked down to the ...

A travel blog entry by lizandsimon
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Waterfalls, war and green curry, Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Thailand travel blog
Waterfalls, war and green curry
Feb 20, 2005

... the prisoners of war who served and died at the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army during WW2. The prisoners built a railway through Thailand into Burma at huge human cost. The huge pass in the picture was one of many dug through the cliffs by the ...

A travel blog entry by mightylongway
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a rubbish day and a great one!, Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, Thailand travel blog
a rubbish day and a great one!
Sep 9, 2008

... ping-pong show! This became very tiring, very quickly and we started to wonder if there was anything else at all to Bangkok, and to Thailand. There is... Firstly, the Khao San Road. This place is a back-packer ghetto and spending more than one evening ...

A travel blog entry by rachandstu
Moving tribute, Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, Thailand travel blog
Moving tribute
Mar 26, 2006

... most of SE Asia.In 1942, in order to find a shorter and more secure line of supply between Burma (now Myanmar) and Siam (now Thailand), the Japanese decided to use prisoners of war and civilian labour to build a railway linking the two. Two forces, one ...

A travel blog entry by marcusontheroad

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