Bridge over river Kwai

Bridge over River Kwai

The dangerous journey along the Death Railway

and across the Bridge over the River Kwai, is one of the most popular in Thailand. Thousands of people do this trip every year, some do it because they want to experience the journey, others because they want to see where family members lost their lives. In 1942, the Japanese needed an alternative route to the sea, for supplying his troops, who were in Burma. They decided to make this railway, workers were “free”, 61,000 Allied prisoners, of whom 16,000 died here, 200 000 persons of the population of Thailand, of Burma, Malaysia and Indonesia, of which 80 000 were killed during the construction route. Trains leave from Thonburi station in Bangkok and arrive in Kanchanaburi. The north of Kanchanaburi there are some sections where the line passed some of the horrors of war, there is even a museum that shows things about this terrible event. Originally the river was called Mae Khlung in the book and the movie was called wrongly, River Kwai, the Thais decided to rename it. Hotels in Kanchanaburi

 Where is Kanchanaburi on Map of Thailand

Kanchanaburi on Map of Thailand