Kanchanaburi - Bridge on the river Kwai

We left the madness of Bangkok behind us and hurtled out of the city in two mini buses for the drive to Kanchanaburi, a small town by the river Kwai. We stayed in a very nice little complex called Apple & Loi which looked out onto the river. On the first day Julia and I walked in to town but had trouble walking past a sign that said 'cottage pie'. We were drawn in and had to sit and eat lovely cottage pie and drink cold beer. We then carried on and went to the Commonwealth war grave cemetery. As usual an immaculate place beautifully kept. The cemetary contains over 7000 graves of the men who died at or near this point and suprisingly a large contingent of Dutch. During the evening we continued with our eat local theme and had pizzas!
On oue second day we hired bicycles and cycled out to the bridge made famous by the film. A sombre place a little spoiled by the need to take money from tourists with gaudy shops etc.
During our stay we visited three museums, the best being the one by the cemetary which had many artefacts and detailed information on what happened to the men who wre forced to build the railway and bridge.
We return to Bangkok to catch the overnight bus South to get the ferry to Ko Phangan.