We made it up to Bangkok and prompltly went up to Kanchanaburi for the night, where the Bridge over the River Kwai is. We stocked up on some Death Bridge knowledge in one of the museums before heading over to actually see it, so that we could have some appreciation of the scale of what went on. It was quite impressive but at the same time it was a bit weird. I didn't like the tourism around it. There were hundreds of shops and stalls where you were able to buy souvenirs. Being able to buy a replica of something which, in reality, caused the deaths of thousands of people seems a bit wrong. It's like people who want to buy a bit of china that was used on Titanic. Although, completely hypocritically, I was very snappy happy and casually walking down it, even drinking from a coconut as I went.
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