UPDATED 12-03-2023: Added photos.
Day Six (Wednesday)
We checked out of our hotel and headed out of Bangkok. The first stop, southwest of Bangkok, was the Mae Klong Railway Market. This market is famous for being located along the railroad tracks. Four time a day (twice in the morning and twice in the late afternoon) the train comes through forcing the vendors to move their tables out of the way of the train. Most of the tables are on wheels and are moved back near the track as soon as the train goes past. It was a cool thing to see.
A floating market. |
The infamous bridge over the river Kwai. |
Next stop was the Death Railroad museum which talked about the construction of the Thai - Burma railroad by the Japanese using POW labor. The conditions were horrific and you could almost feel the suffering. Across the street from the museum was a cemetery for some of the POW laborers who died building the railway.
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The Float House hotel from our patio. |
Day Seven (Thursday)
Part of Hellfire Pass carved by POW Labor. |
Next we left the river and went to the Hellfire Pass museum. The museum discribes the hardships experienced by Australian POWs who opened a pass through solid granite. Then we walked through the actual pass to a memorial to those who didn't survive. While we were there a new plaque was unvailed commemorating the six hundred plus American POWs that lost there life there.
We ate lunch at a train station before boarding the train for a short trip through the countryside. It was relaxing and the views were interesting. After getting off the train we visited a waterfall on the way back to the Float House hotel.
On this night all three of us jumped in the river and floated down to the end of the hotel. I have to say the current made it a bit hard to get over to one of the two ladders. The Wife had to catch our tour mate before she missed the ladder. Despite being a tough swim, it was very refreshing.
Day Eight (Friday)
We got up early and said our goodbyes to the Float House. We drove three hours to one of the three old capitals of Thailand. We spent a few hours exploring ruins and temples. We saw lots of temples in Thailand - there are over forty-two thousand Buddhist temples in Thailand - and they all had some interesting or unique feature.
Buddhist temple amongst the trees ... and welcoming shade. |
Photos can be found in my 2023 Thailand Google Photos album.
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