Around Maenamkwai Road, Fuji Industrial 100
An evening stroll around Maenamkwai Road, Fuji Industrial 100.
We often take an early evening stroll to work up an appetite before din dins.
Nikon FM2 / Fuji Industrial 100
An evening stroll around Maenamkwai Road, Fuji Industrial 100.
We often take an early evening stroll to work up an appetite before din dins.
Nikon FM2 / Fuji Industrial 100
The Bridge on the River Kwae
Nikon FM2 | Fuji Industrial 400
I had to dismount and get down on my tummy in order to take this pitcha of a road marker on highway 323 (Thanon Sangchuto). Go me!
Kanchanaburi 31
Krung Thep 157
Some more from this trip here.
Mammiya C220 / Kodak Portra 160NC
Mae Nam Khwae Yai, Fuji Industrial 400
We decided to have desert for breakfast (my idea) in the delightful 10 O’clock cafe and then wandered along Mae Nam Khwae Road until we got to Thanon Sud Chai which turns into this bridge which spans the River Kwai. It was nice.
The Kwai River is pronounced “kway” but it was frequently mispronounced by non Thai-speaking people as ‘Kwai” which means buffalo. This gave rise to the spelling. The river was originally named Mae Khlong and none of the bridges in existence today were featured in the famous David Lean film. The stretch of river that the new bridges span was renamed Khwae Yai (meaning “big tributary”) to cash in on the film’s fame.
The bridge is part of a railway line that became known as the “Death Railway” due to the fact that over 100,000 human beings died constructing it.
Japanese military officials were tried as war criminals for crimes they committed during the building of the railway. Thirty two of them were found guilty and sentenced to death. No reparations or compensation has been paid by the Japanese government and non has been paid by the Thai government who were part of the Axis until the end of the war.
Sadly the Thais have shamelessly cashed-in on tourism to Kanchanaburi through associations with the film.
Nikon FM2 | Fuji Industrial 400
The little village of Nam Tok which takes its name from hr nearby waterfall (nam tok means waterfall in Thai) and Thanon Sangchuto which runs from Kanchanaburi all the way to Sangkhlaburi and Three Pagodas Pass on the border with Myanmar. More photos of the waterfall and village here.
Mamiya C220 / Kodak Portra 160NC