Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is mostly famous as being the location of the Bridge over the River Khwai. There is a rather famous movie about it, which was based on a book - mostly fictional. Basically, prisoners of war (from Britain, the US, China, and a few other countries) were forced to build the Burma-Siam railway as part of the Japanese plans to invade Burma. Conditions were terrible and numerous human rights abuses happened.

The railway still exists today, and it is in use by the State Railway Authority of Thailand. Nearby are a number of museums and memorials built to the men who died building the railway.

Anyways, as we had a few days before Wyatt had to return to Indonesia, we visited the province.

We got the special foreigner seats which come with the special foreigner price.

On the train which goes over the Bridge over the River Khwai.

Scenery from the train.

We stopped at this bustling station.

From the station we walked 1km in the hot, hot sun to see the Western-most Khmer ruins. 

The sidewalk. With absolutely no shade. It was probably 100 degrees out. 

Wyatt and Huak in the ruins.

Main image in the ruins.

Walking over the Bridge over the River Khwai.

The hotel. 

The hotel's dog, Junior. He's a little overweight, but he's friendly. 

Kanchanaburi has a street named "America"

Off to kayak down the River Khwai.

Kayaking under the Bridge over the River Khwai.

It was a hot, hot day. And there's that bridge again. 

So we did just about everything you could do to the Bridge over the River Khwai. We walked across it; we kayaked under it; and we rode the train across it. Pretty sure that was about all there was to do there. It was  a good little trip, though.