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Day nineteen - Siam Explorer Tour |
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Kanchanaburi (day off / ride along WW2 Death Railway) |
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You will have a choice to travel by train on Death Railway
in the morning or ride with us after lunch to the River Kwai
bridge, War cemetery, Crasae cave and viaducts on the
railway. The bridge over River Kwai near Kanchanaburi was
built over several months starting October 1942 by slave
labour civilians and POWs as part of the Death Railway to
supply Japanese troops in Burma from Rangoon. Low to the
water, constructed of steel and concrete, the bridge was not
blown up but remains today as a usable bridge and tourist
attraction. According to survivor Fred Seiker, "The railway
was completed on the 17th October 1943 at Konkuita in
Thailand, not far from the Three Pagodas Pass (today's
border with Burma).
On the way back we shall stop at the
tiger temple where tigers walk free and get petted by
visitors on the way back. In Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yanasampanno tiger conservation area
various kinds of wild as well as domestic animals live together
freely in the nature. Beside tigers you can see barking deer,
deer, hog, gibbon, peafowl, red jungle fowl, water buffalo, wild
boar etc. Animals live together in peace and are friendly to the
monks and visitors. This is probably the only place in the world
where you can stroke a tiger without a worry. Accommodation with
breakfast in Kanchanaburi. |
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Kilometres: 80 |
Miles: 50 |
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Departure hotel excursion: |
13.00 |
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Arrival hotel afternoon: |
17.00 |
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Swimming pool: |
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Optional dinner at: |
19.00 |
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