Tens of thousands of Thais died along with other nationalities were forced to build that line, so it is good that it is held with reverence by the Thai government still to this day. Thank you for showing us, Geoff❤❤❤
@@jimmy4545Yes, many Thais died building the Burma-Siam railway, which included the bridge over the River Kwai. The railway was a Japanese project that employed prisoners of war and civilians from Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar).
@@jimmy4545Yes, many Thais died building the Burma-Siam railway, which included the bridge over the River Kwai. The railway was a Japanese project that employed prisoners of war and civilians from Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar).
In 2001, I spoke to a veteran called Sam. He was a Japanese POW forced to work on the bridge. When I spoke to him he was 85 back then and told me stories of back then with tears in his eyes. He even apologised for talking but I said it’s important you pass on the memories so we can talk about it. He still had his old rice spoon he’d made out of an old canned fish lid. With tears in his eyes he was telling me about men falling to their death screaming as they fell off the slippery bamboo canes. Sam was a blind St Dunstan’s veteran. His story lives on. 🙏🏽
When i was younger i worked with an old guy (WW2 veteran) who had a family member who worked on the Burmese railway. I never forget he told me a storey about how once one of the elephants collapsed of exhaustion and how the Japanese were ordering the POWs to try to stand it up 👀 Unimaginable times those lads went through. Great movie though Geoff...👍👍👍
Thank you Geoff for that look back in history,just reminds us how senseless and cruel wars are, there are no winners in these horrific conflicts,thanks for sharing 😢 cheers mate.
My dad was stationed in Malaysia when some of the prisoners from the death railway were liberated, he couldn’t bear to talk about the condition of the soldiers who made it out. Man’s inhumanity to man is beyond belief
Excellent Geoff really enjoying your blogs, keep it up and can’t wait for your next one. They’re so different and interesting really jealous that your visit to Thailand has lasted this length of time. 🤪🥃
I used to stay at the Good Times Resort. The restaurant food is superb and not silly prices, a lot the local Thais eat there so you know it must be good.
Hi Geoff yet again an amazing video you are packing so much I this holiday and looking very well I believe. Looking forward to seeing some more informative videos 😅😅😅🍺🍺🍺 earned
Hi Geoff, been there many times over the last 35 years, been on a 2 days raft trip with friends, and any body remember the ‘sight and sound’ show around the bridge they have i think end of the year, not sure if they still do it, but if they do you must go to it it’s a fantastic time. great video!
Geoff, excellent video! A visit to the Hell Fire Pass is well worth a visit + a walk down the railway. The terrain to construct the railway is vast. The train to Sai Yok takes you over the precariously placed viaduct under the shear rock face. Amazing!
Great video Geoff I went there 34 years ago the museum was very small there very few food or gift shops , there was no hotels we stayed in jungle rafts at the side of the river . Very touristy now as someone as already said it isn't the original bridge and a lot of the museum items have been brought in though 50 baht for a walk around the museum is a great price . Still worth a visit as I should make the effort as I live in Thailand now . Keep up the good work Geoff love watching your vids .Better than most of the rubbish most farangs put on .
Hey Geoff,One of your most interesting videos to date ..... did the spirit of Sir Alec Guinness move you ? Love the whistling background music and the American tribute.
Hi m8 my grandad from latchford from many a moon ago was forced with thousands of other poor souls to build the railway including the bridge and hellfire pass, never got there to see it so pretty envious of you 👍
Geoff, I was in tears watching today, my dad was badly injured in Burma and he educated me and my brother about the atrocities that the Japanese put on the prisoners of war. Your vlog was also heart wrenching with the Black Adder theme. Thank you for all you do an beep, beep, keep smiling.
Thank you Geoff for showing us the kwai! Absolutely beautiful and interesting well put together etc! But to see the real macooy from your self has given me more anxiety to go and visit Thailand because of your videos and Darren johns! I had a warmth of emotion seeing the replacement bridge and what’s left of the original! One day I will go and do the same thanks Geoff brilliant what your doing.
Thanks Geoff. Really enjoyed your commentary. We are coming up soon to 80 years anniversary of the end of WW2. Please there never ever be another WW. We know the history of the original bridge, but you must have had a sense of well-being/calmness just being there
Brilliant vlog Geoff, I visited about 20 years ago and your vlog brought back many happy memories. I lived in Singapore for two and a half years with my parents my dad was a rock ape (raf regiment). Thanks Geoff
I have walked over that iron bridge in 2008 and 2011 and at first there were regular metre square holes in the decking that offered a drop into muddy waters.Later they welded plates over the holes.There is a train services towards Burma that stops at a waterfall tourist attraction towards Burma. burma is a long way off.Aparently that part is not the River Kwei.
Very good history lesson Geoff my uncle was in Japanese war camp he was a officer he was tortured for 6 yrs he got George cross which he donated to war museum in Hendon London he would never buy anything Japanese
Not the same bridge, Geoff. The original bridge was destroyed during the war. You should visit the Hellfire pass memorial. It's managed by the Australian government.
Wanna do this next time when I'm in Cha-Am (from Pattaya it's quite far). This time opted for the elephants in Kuiburi National Park. Cheers from a Kraut ! 😊
I enjoyed the video. The bridge depicted in the movie was made of wood, not riveted steel girders and concrete. The bridge shown at 14.35 in the video is possibly part of the original bridge ?
Eh up Geof. Such a shame you did not show the old death railway with chisels still in the Rock also the museum near the grave yards. Better than the one you showed. Very very sad. Also the beautifully kept grave yards for all the exhumed bodies not to mention the age of the dead average age 23 !!!!!!
If you get the chance, consider a trip to Mon Bridge constructed under Rama V. Some easy bnb’s close by. You can do almsgiving on the bridge early morning. Take a river trip, temple in the water, great video opportunity.
Tens of thousands of Thais died along with other nationalities were forced to build that line, so it is good that it is held with reverence by the Thai government still to this day. Thank you for showing us, Geoff❤❤❤
Yes they did. War was cruel 🥲
Not enough is mentioned about the Karen Hill Tribes that helped the allied Soldiers against the Japs. That aside they are a fascinating people.
I don't think many Thai's died on the building of the railway it was mainly foreign men mainly English.
@@jimmy4545Yes, many Thais died building the Burma-Siam railway, which included the bridge over the River Kwai. The railway was a Japanese project that employed prisoners of war and civilians from Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar).
@@jimmy4545Yes, many Thais died building the Burma-Siam railway, which included the bridge over the River Kwai. The railway was a Japanese project that employed prisoners of war and civilians from Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar).
Cracking video Geoff interesting and well filmed
Great video. Been there a number of times and the cemetery. It is one of the worlds must visit places.
Nicely shown by your good self
Great place was there last year used to watch the film on Xmas day when I was a kid now 56 ,not ashamed to say shed a few tears at Hell fire pass
In 2001, I spoke to a veteran called Sam. He was a Japanese POW forced to work on the bridge. When I spoke to him he was 85 back then and told me stories of back then with tears in his eyes. He even apologised for talking but I said it’s important you pass on the memories so we can talk about it. He still had his old rice spoon he’d made out of an old canned fish lid.
With tears in his eyes he was telling me about men falling to their death screaming as they fell off the slippery bamboo canes.
Sam was a blind St Dunstan’s veteran.
His story lives on. 🙏🏽
When i was younger i worked with an old guy (WW2 veteran) who had a family member who worked on the Burmese railway. I never forget he told me a storey about how once one of the elephants collapsed of exhaustion and how the Japanese were ordering the POWs to try to stand it up 👀 Unimaginable times those lads went through.
Great movie though Geoff...👍👍👍
Thank you Geoff for that look back in history,just reminds us how senseless and cruel wars are, there are no winners in these horrific conflicts,thanks for sharing 😢 cheers mate.
Very good vlog! Very interesting.Thanks a lot for this one Geoff! Beep beep!
Cheers Geoff really appreciate your videos this one especially interesting thank you.
My dad was stationed in Malaysia when some of the prisoners from the death railway were liberated, he couldn’t bear to talk about the condition of the soldiers who made it out. Man’s inhumanity to man is beyond belief
Brilliant watch Geoff, you do these vids immaculately, full of interesting stuff keep the coming, great vids, keep smiling n take care !!
Hi Geoff,
Brilliant video looks like a good museum, love a bit off history, keep up the great content 👍
Biggest smile as always 🍻
Goeff that's the best video i have seen on RUclips of the Bridge on the Kwai, So detailed and emotional even 6,000 miles away in Wigan. Thank you. 🍻
Thank you so much James. Much appreciated 👍👍👍👍👍
3 months ago the bridge was closed to walking across. Looks like they finished the refurb.
interesting movie really good quality filming thanks👍
That was a great video ,thanks for taking us there
You must visit the Australian museum further up the death railway much more informative
Went there 2 years ago mixed experience great steam trains & views but sad stories about all the people that died building the railway
Thank you Geoff what a fantastic video you have done. Really appreciate all the history you showed us, made me cry. 😢 Keep smiling
Fantastic Geoff. So good to see all this. Such sad times when that bridge was being built. Such dreadful losses. I have only seen the movie. X
Thanks 🙏
Great vlog mate! Beep beep!
Thanks Jeff I must get myself organised and get there before I'm to old. Beep Beep
Excellent Geoff really enjoying your blogs, keep it up and can’t wait for your next one. They’re so different and interesting really jealous that your visit to Thailand has lasted this length of time. 🤪🥃
Excellent mate! Always a pleasure watching your videos. Regards from London.
I used to stay at the Good Times Resort. The restaurant food is superb and not silly prices, a lot the local Thais eat there so you know it must be good.
Thank you for the memories. I was there 8 or 9 years ago.
Great video. There is another Museum next to the Cemetery. Costs a bit to get in, but very detailed. Check it out sometime
Very good I left feeling Humbled. Wicked Sadistic People can be.
Dave B Thailand
Hi Geoff one of many places I’ve yet to visit looks a very interesting place , but I have definitely seen the movie!!👍😁
A very good tourist spot. A lot less pressure on you to spend spend spend as in Pattaya and BKK
Wow, One of your best uploads, Thank you.
I got goose bumps watching that mate… great video.. somewhere I will probably never get to visit in person…. But such an iconic location…..
Thanks Geoff one of you're best a very emotional watch the museum 😢 keep them coming Geoff 👍
Hi Geoff thank you for the video it was very good. Hope you had a good experience crossing the bridge and the Museum. Take care
Hi Geoff yet again an amazing video you are packing so much I this holiday and looking very well I believe. Looking forward to seeing some more informative videos 😅😅😅🍺🍺🍺 earned
Hi Geoff, been there many times over the last 35 years, been on a 2 days raft trip with friends, and any body remember the ‘sight and sound’ show around the bridge they have i think end of the year, not sure if they still do it, but if they do you must go to it it’s a fantastic time. great video!
Geoff a class film and a great video by you cheers 🍻
Great vid Geoff ,keep smiling 😊
Geoff, excellent video! A visit to the Hell Fire Pass is well worth a visit + a walk down the railway. The terrain to construct the railway is vast. The train to Sai Yok takes you over the precariously placed viaduct under the shear rock face. Amazing!
Fantastic filming Geoff. Thnx I was there years ago.
The film got seven academy awards! Think they should give you one of them for your fab video, fascinating place. Enjoy your time there!
Wow what a great video also sad superb you have done it again just brill😂😂
Brilliant video Geoffrey
Noticed the 🏴 flag in museum mate. Righty said war is cruel. You’ve earned a Chang mate 🏴👍🏻
Brilliant vlog mate keep smiling geoff 😊
Hey Colonel Bogey! A good one again. A must see movie about this subject is Railway Man. Cheers!
HI Geoff mate enjoyed your video of the bridge & the museum 👍🇦🇺
Great video Geoff I went there 34 years ago the museum was very small there very few food or gift shops , there was no hotels we stayed in jungle rafts at the side of the river . Very touristy now as someone as already said it isn't the original bridge and a lot of the museum items have been brought in though 50 baht for a walk around the museum is a great price . Still worth a visit as I should make the effort as I live in Thailand now . Keep up the good work Geoff love watching your vids .Better than most of the rubbish most farangs put on .
Very enjoyable vlog Geoff. Thank you. 👌
Hey Geoff,One of your most interesting videos to date ..... did the spirit of Sir Alec Guinness move you ? Love the whistling background music and the American tribute.
Great video, very interesting 😊
Fantastic movie Geoff great stuff Geoff 👏 👍🏻 👌
Glad you enjoyed it Eddie
Fantastic filming Geoff
R.I.P and thanks for the peace ❤
Nice video
Micke 🇸🇪
Thank you, Geoff. Amazing video.
I hope to run the famous
half marathon there in
September.
The other museum opposite the cemetery is much better than the one near the bridge.
Hope you can do a video there and of the nightlife in town.
Yes it's a better museum l agree 👍🏻
went there geoff back in 2009 am i right in thinking the bridge that is there now isnt the original 1 i could be wrong though
great and very moving film that
I spent a whole day in the museum, it was heart wrenching what those Japanese soldiers did to their fellow human beings.
Good stuff Geoff educational..well done...
Hi m8 my grandad from latchford from many a moon ago was forced with thousands of other poor souls to build the railway including the bridge and hellfire pass, never got there to see it so pretty envious of you 👍
great video work Jeffers
Hi Geoff, such a beautiful video sad to watch brought tears to my eyes. Beep beep Keep smiling ❤
Geoff, I was in tears watching today, my dad was badly injured in Burma and he educated me and my brother about the atrocities that the Japanese put on the prisoners of war.
Your vlog was also heart wrenching with the Black Adder theme. Thank you for all you do an beep, beep, keep smiling.
Great video Geoff. Must admit got a bit emotional watching it.
Thank you Geoff for showing us the kwai! Absolutely beautiful and interesting well put together etc! But to see the real macooy from your self has given me more anxiety to go and visit Thailand because of your videos and Darren johns! I had a warmth of emotion seeing the replacement bridge and what’s left of the original! One day I will go and do the same thanks Geoff brilliant what your doing.
Thanks Geoff. Really enjoyed your commentary. We are coming up soon to 80 years anniversary of the end of WW2. Please there never ever be another WW. We know the history of the original bridge, but you must have had a sense of well-being/calmness just being there
It was a pleasure to film and made me realise the sacrifices or War. All those lost souls
Great video Geoff . Tribute to all the Thia people sacrificed lives in building this line. 🙏
Brilliant vlog Geoff, I visited about 20 years ago and your vlog brought back many happy memories. I lived in Singapore for two and a half years with my parents my dad was a rock ape (raf regiment). Thanks Geoff
Great stuff Geoff as always ,
My grandfather was there during the war,,he didn’t like to talk of it, such was the pain 👍🙏
Thanks!
Great video
Love history ❤
Nice video. Is that the tune from BlackAdder Goes Forth?
Went there 20 years ago brings back old memories
Great video geoff😂
Looking forward to my next visit to Kanchanaburi in April. It will be my 3rd time there 🇹🇭 🍻 .
Hope you enjoy it Mark
Amazing video
Thank you Michael 👍
I went many years ago..a very moving place...war..huh.what is it good for ?
I have walked over that iron bridge in 2008 and 2011 and at first there were regular metre square holes in the decking that offered a drop into muddy waters.Later they welded plates over the holes.There is a train services towards Burma that stops at a waterfall tourist attraction towards Burma. burma is a long way off.Aparently that part is not the River Kwei.
My mate goes there all the time he lives in banpong Thailand
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I remember the movie from when I was a kid
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Very good history lesson Geoff my uncle was in Japanese war camp he was a officer he was tortured for 6 yrs he got George cross which he donated to war museum in Hendon London he would never buy anything Japanese
Get better every time I see you.
Should be prescribed by the NHS to cheer people up.
Not the same bridge, Geoff. The original bridge was destroyed during the war.
You should visit the Hellfire pass memorial. It's managed by the Australian government.
What hotel are you staying at?
Wanna do this next time when I'm in Cha-Am (from Pattaya it's quite far). This time opted for the elephants in Kuiburi National Park. Cheers from a Kraut ! 😊
I enjoyed the video. The bridge depicted in the movie was made of wood, not riveted steel girders and concrete. The bridge shown at 14.35 in the video is possibly part of the original bridge ?
Going to embassy in Bangkok to get visa is that necessary for Cambodia or xan it b done at airport
Eh up Geof.
Such a shame you did not show the old death railway with chisels still in the Rock also the museum near the grave yards. Better than the one you showed. Very very sad. Also the beautifully kept grave yards for all the exhumed bodies not to mention the age of the dead average age 23 !!!!!!
If you get the chance, consider a trip to Mon Bridge constructed under Rama V. Some easy bnb’s close by. You can do almsgiving on the bridge early morning. Take a river trip, temple in the water, great video opportunity.
Been there it's okay for a night, longest wood Bridge in Thailand I think
@@Hoxton66 yes, almost 1KM. Mon Bridge is perfect for a 1 night trip.
Do U still need a visa for Cambodia can U get at airport for30 dollars instead of filling in on line 7 days before
Can someone tell the me the situation with vapes and tailand . Can u take in suitcase
13000 Australians died on that and probably the same in Malaysian and Burmese? War crimes… 🤬😭
Really, the original bridge got destroyed, i think the two ends of the bridge stood still,
"Kwai" is the word for big buffalo 🐂 in Thai language. Correct pronunciation is "Kware" Thai people chuckle when they hear River Kwai
that wasnt the actual bridge geoff ?
When I went in 2011 there wasn't as many stalls around. The grave yard is very sobering when you see the age's of those poor men.
Thanks Geooff .. Maybe this isn't the place. But same things today, even worse.