History unveils itself as you travel. If you get to know tourist sites, local people (even as a tourist) then you can find out and gain real insights into the places you travel to - or the people in the places! In each country I visited I found this. Sometimes natural history, sometimes political. Nowhere …
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Bridge over the River Kwai
Sitting on the train after Kwai crossing and WangPho viaduct on Friday 14th August 2015 on my way to Bangkok, then Chiang Mai tomorrow. This latest trip offered history with beautiful views...if scary with open doors on the train to a drop along the Wang Po viaduct built by PoW in WWII! It now …
Moving Day…
Today I'm in Kanchanaburi Thailand and visited the Bridge on the River Kwai - although the Thais changed the Oliver's name to match the famous film and book and not confuse the tourists! Plus the JEATH museum run by a monk and supported, after a change of heart but a little late, the commander of …
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