Kanchanaburi is located about 130 km west of Bangkok. Its environment is rather pleasant with quite a few rivers, and pleasant river resorts.
One of the major attractions to foreigners is the bridge over the river Kwai, immortalized in the movie of the same name. The bridge is still standing, part of it original (it was destroyed after all during the war). Closeby are the Allied War Cemeteries, and the JEATH war museum. Many, both locals and prisoners of war, perished in constructing the railway from Thailand to Burma, needed as a supply line for their troops during WW II by the Japanese.
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1. Bridge over the river Kwai
2. Floating restaurants near the bridge.
3. Caring for the dead, at the cemetery.
