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ENGLISHabout
River Kwai Bridge Week
advisorMiss Jantana Khamanukul
River Kwai Bridge Week
Kanchanaburi, Thailand's third largest province, covers an area of 19,486 square kilometres, most of which is forested mountains. There are fertile plains around the meeting point of the Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai Rivers
where the city of Kanchanaburi is located. Kanchanaburi Province borders Myanmar (Burma) to the West. The city of Kanchanaburi is about 130 kilometres from Bangkok. Once you leave the confines of Bangkok city
the trip is one of scenic beauty with a landscape featuring waterfalls, Neolithic caves, national parks and quiet riverside settings. Because of the infamy of The Death Railway a in the area many visitors make it a pilgrimage of remembrance to fallen family and friends.
For a two week period at the end of November until the
first week of December activities
including a fair, historical and archaeological exhibitions, folk
shows, products sale, entertainment, rides on trains hauled by World War II vintage
steam steam locomotives together
with a spectacular light
and sound presentation re-
enacting the bombing of the
bridge are held for local and foreign
tourists.At this re-enactment the celebration is far from solemn. A party atmosphere prevails. Each night during the
period a son et lumiere (sound and
light)
extravaganza takes place at the infamous bridge. This includes fake air attacks and explosions with lots of fireworks. The show has commentaries in various languages available in grandstand seating on the riverside.
1. Rawinda Pongsakkajorn No.22
2. Sasitorn tongnum No.23
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