Today visitors come to pay homage to the fallen Allied soldiers, or to discover more about themselves with a dark past of the city. But Kan, as the locals call it, is also an ideal place to relax on the river system or risk, close to natural attractions.
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Attractions
Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
Before the River Kwai Bridge head, a bit 'of history in this museum (0% 3451 0067, 73 Jaokannun, adult / child 60/30B; h9am-5pm).Commercial property Exhibitions Japan's aggression in Southeast Asia during the Second World War and his plan to Yangon (Myanmar) in Bangkok rail link to transport military supplies. Captured Allied soldiers and Malaysian and Burmese prisoners were transported to the jungles of Kanchanaburi track to build the 415 km – now known as the Death Railway because of the many lives (more than 100,000 troops) affirmed the project.
Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery
ThroughThailand-Burma rail road from the Centre, Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery (Th Saengchuto; free; h7am-6pm) is a gift of touching people of war prisoners in Thailand to remember everything from the first of Great Britain and Holland, the land is dead on.
River Kwai Bridge (railway bridge TOD)
While the tale told by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai "is one of strength, heroism and suffering we know, the same margin is only an ordinary bridge with an extraordinary story. Abit 'of imagination and some historical context will help to visit the bridge, which was to revive a small but strategically important part of the Death Railway in Burma. Engineers estimated that the construction would take five years, but the human workers were forced to complete the course in 16 months. Allied planes destroyed the bridge in 1945, but then again the margin repaired the bomb damage is still evident in the towers closest to the shore.
During the first week of December, there is anighttime sound and light along the bridge. It 's a pretty impressive scene, with simulated bombs and explosions and bursts of light spectacular. The city takes a lot of tourists this week, so book early. The bridge to reach about 3 km from the city center and the best way for you, is by bicycle. You can also sÇZwngthÇZew (5B) in a northerly direction along Saengchuto, but it is unclear when to get off when you get to the Castle Mall, has gone too far. E 'There are three departures daily across the bridge on the Kanchanaburi-Nam Tok train
Museum of World War II
Near the bridge is a privately owned museum (Mae Nam Khwai, entry 30B; h9am-6pm), a real kitsch, also known as JEATH War Museum, the popularity of another museum with the same name of the city to use. The collection may be the strangest assortment of memorabilia under one roof, but the building does not make the picture postcard viewthe bridge.
JEATH War Museum
The Open Air Museum (Pak Phraek, 30B entry; h8.30am-6pm), the original lead JEATH by monks as a testament to the cruelty of war. Exhibition of historic photographs are housed in a bamboo hut, similar to that of prisoners of war. More than a museum, photo gallery, it is not very informative, but it is hot, especially the fading images of prisoners of war survivors who returned to Thailand for a funeral service.
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