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Apart from the fascinating natural
geography, many of its major attraction are also connected with the
Second World War; The Bridge over the River Kwai - still in use today,
it was the target of frequent Allied bombing raids during 1945, and was
rebuilt after the war end, The War Museum - an enclave constructed
largely in the form of an Allied prisoners of war camp with the
collection of photographs displayed, War Cemetery- it contains the
remains over 6,000 prisoners of war who perished during the construction
of the "Death Railway", Hell Fire Pass - this is a part of the
Death Railway, constructed during the Second World War and now
abandoned. A long passage made through the Stone Mountain by the Allied
prisoners indicates the extreme difficulty in construction the Death
Railway.
To the visitors to Kanchanaburi (River Kwai) Province,
remember that these sites memorials were constructed not to maintain and
profit the hatred amongst human being, particularly between the Japanese
and Allied countries, but to warn and teach us the harsh reality of WAR
and help prevent such a terrible thing ever happening again.
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Kanchanaburi,
which has mostly mountainous terrain, covers an area of approximately
19,473 square kilometers and is the third largest province in Thailand
after Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima. Situated approximately 129
kilometres west of Bangkok, Kanchanaburi shares a border with Myanmar to
the west, Tak and Uthai Thani Provinces to the north, Suphan Buri and
Nakhon Pathom Provinces to the east, and Ratchaburi Province to the
south
