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    Bridge Over The River Kwai Last Explosion Sunday Night

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    The comments with the image above are correct, 2 spans were destroyed, Thumbs up for Allied Bombers.

    During the construction of the steel bridge, that was originally in Java (now Indonesia) a wooden bridge was constructed by brutal Japanese forced labor imadiatly next to the current one to aid in supplies for this one. When the Japs took Java, they had the bridge dis-esembled and relocated for the train line to Burma.

    The "famous" movie is pathetically incorrect on nearly every front. As a side note the river is actually pronounced like "square" with a "K", and in fact it was not the River Kwai anyway. It is just more BS form the movie !!!! But as thousand of tourist flocked to visit the new famous bridge and people were disappointed the Thais tweaked and renamed about 5 miles of the River, "Little River Kwai". About 80km up the road is Hell Fire Pass, a truly remarkable place that sends shivers down the spines of all who visit it. The most powerful celebration up there is on 25th of April actually.

    Those that say it is all fake, get off your "bottom" and go learn a few things.

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    Animal Activists Seek Action Against Sattahip Dog Killer

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    I would not hesitate to kill any dog who attacked me or threatened me.

    These animal do good-ers (most likely family of the person most likely to have to cough up 300k) have gone tropo and off this planet.

    In a civilized country, the dog would have been put down (killed) by Government authorities.

    These people are outrageous. The lesson learnt here is that after you get bitten, in Thailand it is easier to smile and then poison them.

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    Bridge Over The River Kwai Last Explosion Sunday Night

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    Sunday Night 16 December 2012 is the last night that the Bridge Over The River Kwai in Kananaburi will be “blown up” in Bridge Week. It is free to watch and a lovely part of Thailand.

    Take the train for a unique trip.

    The famous bridge will be exploded with an amazing display of fireworks and lasers at 6:45PM and the final countdown at 9:15PM. This is “celebrating” when America blew up the bridge in WW2 to stop the Japanese advancing to Burma.

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    More Info from here and here. This should rock tomorrow night. More pics here.

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