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<blockquote data-quote="nikhuzlan" data-source="post: 658878" data-attributes="member: 19744"><p><strong>25Nov Day 3 Kanchanaburi </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Right on schedule our bikes arrived at the Hotel Car park and Sean, Sam and the others wasted no time unloading our precious cargo</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We met a group of 4 Malaysian riders who arrived last night as they were about to depart for Chiangmai on the same route </strong></p><p><strong>we will be riding on tomorrow. </strong></p><p><strong>Unlike us, they rode all the way from KL, Malaysia.We took photos with them before they departed.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi013a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi013.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi021.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Later we went to the War Memorial, followed by a visit to the excellent War Museum.The charming town of </strong></p><p><strong><strong>Kanchanaburi has a dark history behind it.</strong></strong></p><p><strong>Set where the Khwae Noi and Khwae Yai rivers converge into the Mae Klong river, its location at the edge of the </strong></p><p><strong>Tannesserim Hills keeps it much cooler than the other provinces of central Thailand. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In 1942 Kanchanaburi was under Japanese control. It was here that Asian forced labourers and Allied POWs, </strong></p><p><strong>building the infamous Burma Railway, constructed a bridge; a movie about this was made by Sir David Lean called </strong></p><p><strong>"Bridge on the River Kwai" won a few Oscars . About 160,000 soldiers and forced laboureres were involved, </strong></p><p><strong>and more than half died due malnourishment, ill treatment and diseases. </strong></p><p><strong>After the war a number of Japanese Officer Soldiers were tried for War Crimes, resulting in death and life imprisonment for many.</strong></p><p><strong>Little known fact is the although the Allies Soldiers are celebrated the highest death tolls were Malay and Tamil laborers.</strong></p><p><strong>About 55,000 died there compared to under 10,000 POWS. Conditions were so bad even the Japanese lost more than 3,000 to </strong></p><p><strong>disease and malnourishment.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The excellent War Museum</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_120.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The Cemetery</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_134.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_116.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi028.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi032.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi036.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>After the War Museum we proceeded to the famous Bridge Over River Kwai, 4 kms away.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi041.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_072.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi042.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi052.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>These two plaques was all there is that marks the involvement of the Malays and Tamils in the Death Railway, 55,000 deaths, and just two broken plaques.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_017.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The famous "Orient Express" makes a detour from its route to Bangkok, offering its passengers to ride the train </strong></p><p><strong>over the bridge before turning back to Bangkok.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi058.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi064.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>From the bridge the group split, one van going to the Tiger Temple, Hellfire Pass and also the waterfalls. i opted to skip the drive, </strong></p><p><strong>preferring to just chill out in Kanchanaburi.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Tiger Temple</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077g.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Wild Boar, Tiger food perhaps....</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Tigers</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Eddy with the Tigers</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Tomorrow the real riding starts with about 420kms of highway followed by 85km of meandering hilly roads, </strong></p><p><strong>marking the start of the reason why this route was chosen.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikhuzlan, post: 658878, member: 19744"] [b]25Nov Day 3 Kanchanaburi [/b] [b]Right on schedule our bikes arrived at the Hotel Car park and Sean, Sam and the others wasted no time unloading our precious cargo[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi001.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi003.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi005.jpg[/img] [b]We met a group of 4 Malaysian riders who arrived last night as they were about to depart for Chiangmai on the same route we will be riding on tomorrow. Unlike us, they rode all the way from KL, Malaysia.We took photos with them before they departed.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi013a.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi013.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi021.jpg[/img] [b]Later we went to the War Memorial, followed by a visit to the excellent War Museum.The charming town of [b]Kanchanaburi has a dark history behind it.[/b] Set where the Khwae Noi and Khwae Yai rivers converge into the Mae Klong river, its location at the edge of the Tannesserim Hills keeps it much cooler than the other provinces of central Thailand. In 1942 Kanchanaburi was under Japanese control. It was here that Asian forced labourers and Allied POWs, building the infamous Burma Railway, constructed a bridge; a movie about this was made by Sir David Lean called "Bridge on the River Kwai" won a few Oscars . About 160,000 soldiers and forced laboureres were involved, and more than half died due malnourishment, ill treatment and diseases. After the war a number of Japanese Officer Soldiers were tried for War Crimes, resulting in death and life imprisonment for many. Little known fact is the although the Allies Soldiers are celebrated the highest death tolls were Malay and Tamil laborers. About 55,000 died there compared to under 10,000 POWS. Conditions were so bad even the Japanese lost more than 3,000 to disease and malnourishment. The excellent War Museum[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_120.jpg[/img] [b]The Cemetery[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_134.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_116.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi028.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi032.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi036.jpg[/img] [b]After the War Museum we proceeded to the famous Bridge Over River Kwai, 4 kms away.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi041.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_072.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi042.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi052.jpg[/img] [b]These two plaques was all there is that marks the involvement of the Malays and Tamils in the Death Railway, 55,000 deaths, and just two broken plaques.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110409JW_017.jpg[/img] [b]The famous "Orient Express" makes a detour from its route to Bangkok, offering its passengers to ride the train over the bridge before turning back to Bangkok.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi058.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi064.jpg[/img] [b]From the bridge the group split, one van going to the Tiger Temple, Hellfire Pass and also the waterfalls. i opted to skip the drive, preferring to just chill out in Kanchanaburi. The Tiger Temple[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077a.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077g.jpg[/img] [b]Wild Boar, Tiger food perhaps....[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077b.jpg[/img] [b]Tigers[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077c.jpg[/img] [b]Eddy with the Tigers[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077e.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121123ADVLuxPt1/20121125Kburi077f.jpg[/img] [b]Tomorrow the real riding starts with about 420kms of highway followed by 85km of meandering hilly roads, marking the start of the reason why this route was chosen.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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