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Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Sunday, May 07, 2006

The Bridge That Was in That Movie

David Murray
2007-02-23 23:19:23

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As we had caught the bus up to Ayuthaya, and it only took just over an hour, we had to decide whether to do it that way, or take a train, as our mate Dave said. We went to the station, and found out that it was not going to arrive for another two hours, so we went back and caught a bus

We jumped on, and we were moving

We got caught in a traffic jam.

We started to move again

As we got closer to the Kok, we got caught in another jam, and did not move for a 1/2 hour.

We arrived at the bus station at 17:35, it would have been quicker to take the train !!! We grabbed a taxi, and got it to drop us off at the nearest Skytrain station.

Now, I have failed to mention that we had to pick up our passports from the Cambodian Embassy between 17:00 and 18:00.

The Skytrain started, and then it was time to change. We jumped straight onto another, and arrived at our station at 17:50.

We jumped off and ran, and ran, and in through the gate at 1i:01. Now, if this was an Indian or Bangladeshi Embassy, it would have been closed, but the guy smiled, gave us our passports, and wished us a pleasant trip !!!

We grabbed another cab, and went to the Southern bus station, where we found our bus which would take us to Kanchanaburi

After finding a hotel, we were told we would have to check out tomorrow as the hotel was full. In the morning we did this, found another, had breakfast and went sight seeing.

There are a few attractions here, the most famous being The Death Railway, which was turned into a movie, The Bridge On The River Kwai. We walked over the bridge. Loads of both Western and Japanese tourists. As we were coming back, a train started to cross it. It is quite amazing really, as 3/4's of the bridge is original. Built by the Allied prisoners of WW2. But seriously, my history, well the one from the movie, only showed us Allies as building it, ...