We’ve been doing a lot of day trips over our long Christmas break and one of them was to the bridge over the river Kwai, in the Kanchanaburi district here in Thailand. The bridge is the same one that was built by the Allied POWs in World War II. They were in a Japanese POW camp and the Japanese made them build this bridge to that they could move ammunition and supplies through the region from Thailand to Burma. After having thoughts of the movie “The Bridge Over the River Kwai” in our heads, the bridge was just that – a bridge over a small river! The kids got to walk over it, though, and learn a little about the history of it. There were also trains on display that had been used during WWII, and the kids got a kick out of those. Their favorite part of the whole trip, though…..getting ice cream and playing on the playground near the bridge! Go figure!
We’ve been doing a lot of day trips over our long Christmas break and one of them was to the bridge over the river Kwai, in the Kanchanaburi district here in Thailand. The bridge is the same one that was built by the Allied POWs in World War II. They were in a Japanese POW camp and the Japanese made them build this bridge to that they could move ammunition and supplies through the region from Thailand to Burma. After having thoughts of the movie “The Bridge Over the River Kwai” in our heads, the bridge was just that – a bridge over a small river! The kids got to walk over it, though, and learn a little about the history of it. There were also trains on display that had been used during WWII, and the kids got a kick out of those. Their favorite part of the whole trip, though…..getting ice cream and playing on the playground near the bridge! Go figure!
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