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MY FRIEND WROTE, "River Kwai and Tiger Temple. Our van again arrived at 6:30am and took us to their central building where we transferred to a larger bus with other tourists. This was a longer trip and I turned out to be the only one of us that decided not to bring their iPod, although Chuck was generous enough to share his headphones. We made our first stop at a WWII memorial museum near the River Kwai that contained displays and information about the railway connecting Thailand to Burma that was built using POW slave labor in alliance with Japanese forces – also on the grounds was a grave yard for POW casualties. One of the interesting things I read while in the museum was how the often disgruntled Thai slave drivers would allow the POW soldiers to have private burial ceremonies and would even attend the ceremonies themselves to pay respect. The bridge over the River Kwai (which carried the historic track across the river) met its wartime end after several attempted aerial bombings. The reconstructed steel bridge was the next stop on the tour and provided some great views of the river."