The movie The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) starring William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins won seven Oscars and is symbolic in most peoples minds at the mention of the Thailand – Burma Death Railway but very few know the history behind the railroad itself. Construction of the...
In the 50 previous years of my life I never once imagined I would stand before so many graves in a country so far from my homeland. The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery truly moved me. There are 6,982 graves at the Don Rak War Cemetery in Kanchanaburi town, here rest the...
You may recall my post Three Steps To Heaven – Kanchanaburi’s Erawan Waterfall in which Wonderful Wi and I visited the beautiful seven tier Erawan Waterfall and later that day travelled on the Thai – Burma Death Railway. In between we had a surprise visit to the Wang Pho Elephant...
I am going to blow this post out of the water straight from the start. Wonderful Wi and myself got to three steps from heaven then called it a day. Erawan Waterfall in Kanchanaburi has seven tiers but unlike Sir Ranulph Fiennes who failed in his first two attempts to...
A web search on Kanchanaburi’s Tiger Temple will bring about lots of information about the tigers and temple but also discussion about whether the captive tigers are heavily sedated, or to put it more bluntly, whether the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi drugs its magnificent animals. Tony the Tiger may have been...
It has taken me twelve days since arriving in Thailand to put together my first post, but it hasn’t been through a complete lack of want. A hectic schedule has seen myself and Wonderful Wi find very little time to ourselves in the way of quiet relaxation and a significant...
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