Kanchanaburi: the bridge over the river kwai

Kanchanaburi, a small provincial town west of Bangkok is famous for the Bridge over the River Kwai. During world war II the Japanese completed the Thailand-Birma railway by forcing 15.000 prisoners of war and 200.000 Asian workers to work under terrible circumstances.

When walking over to the bridge I forgot my camera, so no pictures...

I stayed at a real relaxing guest house, the jolly frog backpacker. They had a nice garden at the edge of the river, where you could just hang around in hammocks attached to the palm trees.