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Kanchanaburi
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  The Bridge on the River Kwai (Large Picture)

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 Welcome to Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi is located 128 kilometers (80 miles) west of Bangkok.
It is Thailand's third largest province with an area of 19,486
square kilometers. The provincial area is mountaineous and
has the west border next to Myanmar.
   
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Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Bridge on the River Kwai
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) The Railway to Nam Tok
     (Death Railway)
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) World War II Cemetery
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Srinagarind Dam
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Vajiralongkorn Dam
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Tha Tung Na Dam
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Bo Ploy-Sapphire Mine
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) The Famous Movie

Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Erawan Waterfall
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Sai Yok Waterfall
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Sangkhlaburi
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Three Pagodas Pass
Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Kasem Island Resort

Dot1.GIF (248 bytes) Famous Products

How to get there :
1) By car. Travelling by car
will take about 2 hrs 15 min.
Starting from Bangkok to
Nakhon Pathom where there
is the tallest Phra Pathom
Chedi, then follow highway
No.323 to Kanchanaburi City.
Most visitors stop at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery,
then to The Bridge over the
River Kwai which is located
north of the city by about
4 kms.

2) By train. Special trains
are arranged for tourists from
Bangkok on Saturday, Sunday,
and public holidays. Exciting
trip by train is on the Kan-
chanaburi to Nam Tok Station,
a part of the historic railway to
Burma, for a distance of about
50 kilometers.
 

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Map of Kanchanaburi

Bridge on the River Kwai
  14 2' 29.30" N, 99 30' 14.08" E

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ArrowBlue.jpg (669 bytes) The Death Railway
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