Kanchanaburi is very well known form the movie the "Bridge over the River Kwai". Kanchanaburi located 75 miles west of Bangkok, and it is approximately two hours drive. Kanchanaburi was the main camp on the Thai end of the railroad, and is the location for the infamous Bridge over the River Kwai. Many thousands of allied prisoners died at the hands of the Japanese due to brutality or neglect. Disease and infection were rampant. Besides the prisoners who died, many natives were impressed into service to build the railroad, too. We spend the day first visit Allied War Cemetery. As many of the dead as could be found from the building of the railroad are buried here, except for the American war dead. They have the tradition of bringing home their dead, whereas the British bury them where they fall. Visit the JEATH Museum, JEATH stands for "Japanese- English-Australia and American-Thai-Holland". It is dedicated to the prisoners of war who lived and died building the railroad for the Japanese during World War II. It details some of the atrocities and the heroism of the captives. It was a moving experience to see, and to realize just how inhumane humans can be. We take the long tail boat ride from the museum along the River Kwai to the River Kwai Bridge. It looks nothing like the bridge from the movie, instead it is a steel bridge that was originally built by the Dutch in Indonesia, and was moved to the current location by the Japanese. After explore and take pictures around the famous bridge, we board on the local train along the original Death Railway. The railway is parallel with the River Kwai passing over cliffs and wooden viaducts. There is a lot of interesting things to see as we will pass rice fields, cassava, corns and sugar plantations approached the mountains. We leave the train at the viaduct ended station at Krasae Cave. There is a restaurant with the beautiful scenic where you can lunch. After lunch, visit the Krasae cave and the surrounding area then drive back to Bangkok. | 
