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River Kwai
Kanchanaburi is about 128 kilometers west of Bangkok approximately 2 1/2 hours ride by car over a good road. The town of Kanchanaburi is located at the point where two tributaries, the Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai (which have their source in the Ta-Nao-Si Range) meet and from the Mae-Khong River. Bridge over the River Kwai
Built as part of the "Death Railway" and made famous by the book by Pierre Boulle and the movie staring Alex Guinnes.
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River
Kwai is in Kanchanaburi where is the one of the most beautiful provinces of Thailand, with a
very delightful landscape. It is already well-known among War-historians and
movie-buffs as the site of the notorious "Death Railway" and the
"Bridge over the River Kwai" and among
archaeologists for its
Neolithic burial grounds. Yet, the province also has numerous other places of
interest for the nature loving visitor who wants to spend longer time here.
This
famous bridge is located about 4 kilometers from TAT office in the bank of Kwai
Yai River. It was brought from Java by the Japanese Army and was assembled at
the River Kwai by the war prisoners. Bombed several times in 1945, it was
rebuilt after the war again. The curved spans of the bridge are the original
sections and it's still in use today.. An estimated 16,000 war prisoners and 49,000 impressed laborers died
during the construction of the bridge and Death-Railway line that leads to
Myanmar.
