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I have posts coming up with my favourite spots, but here is how to spend 3 days in this beautiful region.
Where is it?
Kanchanaburi town lies around 2.5 hours west of Bangkok, and the entire province stretches over to the border of Myanmar. It’s about 20k square kilometres, full of jungles, waterfalls, caves, and historical sites.
Day 1:
Stay in a floating raft house over the River Kwai (I’ll post links to three great options in my Broadcast Channel, so you can check them out). Wake up with the water rushing by your room, take a raft trip down the river, kayak, or laze in your hammock reading a book. Visit a local Mon village, and watch a traditional dance performance.
Day 2:
Head to Hellfire pass early in the morning after checkout, and do the tour of this historically significant spot, where 90,000 labourers and 12,000 POWs were forced in harsh conditions to build a railway between Myan...