It was an interesting place to visit. We found out a very interesting fact regarding the book and movie- The bridge described in the book didn't actually cross the River Kwai. The author had never been to the bridge. He knew that the 'death railway' ran parallel to the River Kwai for many miles, and he just assumed that it was the Kwai which it crossed just north of Kanchanaburi. It actually crossed the Mae Klong river. This was a tourist issue when everyone flocked to see it after the movie. So the Thai authorities renamed the Mae Klong river the Kwai river. His book should have been Bridge over the river Mae Klong - doesn't have the same ring though does it!
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That's an interesting fact. And the steel bridge in the pictures is not the original bridge. That was a wooden bridge built a few hundred metres down river from the current one. The remains from the movie bridge are can also be found here too. Thanks for sharing.