04102009 4th Day in Kanchanaburi (Off Bangkok)

Kanchanaburi, is a state off Bangkok. This place are famous due the the World War II, alot of war prisoner is killed of building the famous River Kwae Railway... Many story behind it.

The first place we visit today is the cemetry. I must said, Thailand is doing it well. The place are managed perfectly, and the most respect feeling you can ever imagine. They are thankful toward what they have did for them...

The next stop, is the War Museum. They are showing all newspaper, things that they found from the war time, drawing, etc. We go thru it, and feel really sad about it... why WAR???? but we will never get the answer.

Next, we reach to the famous River Kwae Railway or Bridge of River Kwae. Alot of plp say this is River Kwai, but the guide told us: Kwae = River, Kwai = Cow.... The railway are builded for the easier travel from Burma to Thailand at the WW II. Heard that more than 10K plp died because of this. Later on, the American boomed the place, and give freedom to all the war prisoner at that time. You can see from the photo, the bridge originally round in shape, only the middle part is square, which that is the part being boomed, and rebuilded later. Now they use this railway for local transport and for tourist visit.

We have the chance to take a train ride in this famous river kwae. The train is the old type, no air-con, wooden in some part. The train passby some padi fields, corn fields, etc, The view is fantastic, The highlight of the train ride is passing by the wodden bridge, look dangerous, but it safe.

OK, enough of war story right?

The second part of today, we went to visit the famous Tiger Temple. Which all tiger being rared by the monk. all tiger being bring to the Tiger Valley for tourist to take photo. I really amazed how they can do it. Before this trip, I have search online, they are story about the monk drug the tigers, so that the tiger is blur and do not attack, and they suggest us not to visit. But I insisted. After I pay the visit, I dont have such a feeling. The tiger is really active, and they are playing with the monk. The monk told us, they are not tiger, but BIG CAT.... You can see from the photo, they really play and communicated with them like a pets. It is amazing!

The weather today are not too bad, although have some rain when we finish the train ride, lunch and the tiger temple visit, but soon after awhile when we reach the tiger valley, the rain stop. I must say Im really lucky .....

At night, we walk toward Suan Lum night market, I must say the food there is "SUCK" and expensive, never try and eat there. But other than this, everything is good, stuff is cheap too, by condition: bargain......