Kanchanaburi and the Bridge over the River Kwae

On the way back to Bangkok, we stopped in a town called Kanchanaburi. It has the infamous distinction of the location thousands of Allied POWs built the bridge over the River Kwae. We decided to go to a small but poignant museum, JEATH Museum, which was made out of the same type of huts that prison workers lived in. It was pretty horrible part of our human history, but I think it was important to visit and learn from. We then went to the actual bridge that the POWs were forced to build in the worst conditions. That has turned into a tourist trap, so we were glad to have spent the time at the small JEATH Museum first.