Monday, June 22, 2009

Huay Mae Khamin Waterfalls


The Huay Mae Khamin Waterfalls are located near the Sri Nakharin lakeside about 110 km from Kanchanaburi and 50 km from the Erawan Falls.

You can go there by boat from Ban Tha Kradan or 4-wheel drive.

Admission fee: 400 Baht >> Sri Nakarin National Park
How to go there: own vehicle, boat

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Wat Wang Wiwekaram


This temple is situated on the hill side in Sangkhlaburi. Its pagoda was built in the style similar to Pha Phutta Khaya in India and its temple is housed with huge Buddha image made of marble. The monastery abbot Luang Pho Uttama is highly respected among Thai people, hill tribes and Burmese.

Admission fee: free
How to go there: own vehicle, bus, travel agency

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Don-Rak War Cemetery


This War Cemetery is also known as the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. It is located opposite Kanchanaburi's Railway Station on Saengchootoe Road. It contains the remains of 6,982 Australian, Dutch and British war prisoners who lost their lives during the construction of the Death Railway.

Admission fee: free


Chonk-Kai War Cemetery

The second War Cemetery is about 2 km south of town on the bank of the Kwai Noi River and occupies the former Conk-Kai Prisoner of War Camp. This cemetery is more peaceful, attractively landscaped and contains 1,740 remains (by countries: 1,379 British, 313 Netherlands, 42 Malayan and 6 Indian). It was the site of a base camp, a hospital and a church built by the prisoners themselves. The great majority of 1,740 casualties buried in this war cemetery, which is the original burial ground started by the prisoners, are men who died in the hospital nearby.

Admission fee: free