History and party

Erawan Falls

Johhny, Julie, Cowboy lady and 35 cent drinks!

River Kwai bridge which was bombed twice and rebuilt but no longer in use.

Memorial and Cemetery from the Death Railway

Went with the group to see the Thailand/Burma Railway Centre (or as the banner over it now says The Death Railway Museum and Research Centre in Kanchanaburi. This was all about this history of the railway from WWII when the Japanese wanted easier access from Thailand to Burma (which is now called Myanmar) and India. They used thousands of POWs and it portrayed their horrible living conditions, medical aspects, timelines, geography and a summary of all the deaths which there were alot because of the lack of care they received, the living conditions they had and the Japanese had promised they would be well looked after. It was very sad to see but very interesting considering I usually don't like to hear about these things. We also walked over the bridge that was bombed twice by the Allies to stop the Japanese. All the work involved and all the deaths the railway was only used for just over a year.

Then I decided to check out this town and headed off on my own only to find a crazy Australian couple, Julie and Johnny. We had fun checking out different pubs and even found a little roadside one with a fun, entertaining lady working there wearing a leather cowboy hat. Drinks were only 10 Baht which is like 35 cents so of course we had to have a couple there!

Up early the next morning and went off to see some beautiful waterfalls, a set of seven along the way as we hiked for about 2 hours. Then off to see our bamboo raft accommodation!