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Phespirit goes to Thailand
Bangkok April 2003
'JEATH' MUSEUM, KANCHANABURI
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is for Japan |
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is for England |
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is for Australia and America |
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is for Thailand |
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is for Holland |
Japan controlled the Death Railway project; Thailand was the scene; prisoners from the other four countries built the railway and its infamous bridges. This is their museum.
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
A far cry from the original structure built by slaving prisoners of war, this is the present bridge which crosses the River Kwai Yai at Kanchanaburi, bearing its railway of death.
Still keeping spirits high, Tony Hancock in 'The Lift':
"Altogether now ..... (I'll be Alec Guinness)"
ON A DEATH RAILWAY TRAIN
From the Wang Po viaduct - a 300m trestle bridge that arcs around the face of a cliff on the way to Nam Tok - this is the view of the River Kwai Noi.
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The rivers Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai - with its bridge - converge to form the Mae Klong.
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