The Hellfire Pass lies in the province Kanchanaburi and is a railway cutting on former Burma Railway. The so-called Death Railway became famous through the movies “The Bridge on the River Kwai” and „To End All Wars“. POWs and conscripted civilians had to build the railway from Bangkok to Burma under inhumane conditions. We come […]
Kanchanaburi
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Before we go to the Bridge over the River Kwai (Khwae Yai), we visit the museum commemorating the prisoners of war who had to build the Death Railway. It shows the working conditions the people had been forced to live with. The majority of the prisoners came from the countries Japan, England, Australia / America, […]
The End of the Tiger Temple in Thailand
The Tiger Temple in Thailand was regarded as a tourist attraction for a long time. It is located northwest of Bangkok near the border to Myanmar in Kanchanaburi province. Allegedly, the Monks got the tigers as a present from the residents and they reared them the temple. Already for a long time, the animal and […]