I had never heard of the Death Railway or the River Kwai. So this was an interesting stop. The museum was about the railroad that the Japanese decided to build through Thailand down to Burma so that they could better take over the world. They used PoWs and pressed labor and contracts to build it.
Walking into the museum.
I got so involved in the museum I guess I forgot to take any pictures.
Group photo after the Museum.
Next to the museum was this cemetery.
They reburied the men who died and had been buried along the route here.
It was really nice. A good memorial.
I very much enjoyed the gravestones with their epithets.
There were some good ones.
We drove to the River Kwai, which was the starting point for the railway.
It is a big tourist spot now. But still neat to visit.
Group photo I suppose I should document our group....
Liz, Wendy, Anna, Sherrie, Brook, Julie, Brooke, Me, Amy and Noele
Selfie at the river.
My new friend! But not a very good friend because he wouldn't even deign to lift his head to say hello. (no he wasn't dead, he moved for something else, just not people!)
And yep, the train came through! There were places to step off to get off the tracks, and the train moved very slowly.
Here it comes.
And passing by.
Me on the river.
the river was beautiful. And I crossed the entire bridge just to say I could. then walked back.
And this cracked me up. There are Tourist Police who's job it is to make sure all is well for the tourists. These two police in the green uniforms made me laugh because the group of ladies wanted a photo with one of them and the other is taking the photo. And my friend Julie in the orange there has no idea that was what I was looking at and she thinks I'm just taking a picture of her.
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