Saturday, June 5, 2010

Back to Bangkok

Leaving Kanchanaburi in about an hour to go back to Bangkok. I have a 645 am flight tmw morning to Hanoi.

Kanchanaburi was honestly a bit of a dud--I'm glad I came, the war cemetery is beautiful (stumbled upon the grave of a jewish dutch soldier), and the death railway center museum is well worth the visit if you happen to be passing through. The bridge is, after all, just a railroad bridge, and the original wooden one was destroyed by allied bombing, so the one that stands is stell--with parts made from Japan, oddly enough.

The town is filled with cheap go-go bars, which make it a bit sleazy, and while it could have been nice to relax in for a day or two, it would have probably been better just to a day trip from Bangkok.

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