The latest tourist attraction in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi, the Sky Walk, which is a transparent walkway over the famous River Kwai, was closed yesterday (Sunday), only one day after it was opened to the public, due to the shortage of special shoes, which all visitors are required to purchase and wear.

 

On its Facebook page, the Kanchanaburi Municipality apologised for the temporary closure, offering an assurance that the pedestrian bridge, which was formally opened at 9.09am on Saturday, will reopen this Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/sky-walk-attraction-in-kanchanaburi-temporarily-closed-one-day-after-its-official-opening/

 

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They must have known this before they started to

build this walkway , so why take so long to order

the special shoes , it's always the little things and

sometimes the big things that let them down....

regards Worgeordie

Next headline. "Sky Walk closed due to verruca epidemic."

no next will be sky walk shut do to disagreement over envelopes and safety issues

Stay tuned for next weekend's upskirt pics scandal.

Yet another ugly development that likely is unsafe or full of rust within years, neither attracts significant figures.

Why are the news items' photos on this Forum so <deleted>? Could take a better photo on a Samsung Hero!  ☹️

 

13 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

Why are the news items' photos on this Forum so <deleted>? Could take a better photo on a Samsung Hero!  ☹️

 

I think they call it "avant garde" or "artistic"

What is the attraction ? There is nothing to see. Just a non original steel bridge over a dirty river with a load of floating restaurants. Where is the tourist attraction ??

2 hours ago, webfact said:

special shoes, which all visitors are required to purchase and wear.

Is this in addition to a fee to cross the bridge? Maybe visitors were not aware of this and decided "no thanks". Special price for farangs???

Special shoes reduce attraction upkeep????

 

 

Its a total gimmick anyway... would have made sense to run the skywalk out across the river but instead it simply runs along the side of the river by the pathway. Seems a bit pointless to me.

18 minutes ago, greenmonkey said:

Its a total gimmick anyway... would have made sense to run the skywalk out across the river but instead it simply runs along the side of the river by the pathway. Seems a bit pointless to me.

 

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

 

 

 

I quite enjoyed that!

Is their wheelchair access so that all may enjoy this attraction? ????

 

11 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

Is their wheelchair access so that all may enjoy this attraction? ????

 

Come on now....if it`s beyond them to think about ordering enough special shoes there`s no chance of them considering the needs of disabled folk....

Will it go this same way as the last one?

No jumpers yet. Leave the shoes behind. 

You need the special shoes like Michael Jackson wore so you can moonwalk across the span

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Michael+Jackson+moon+walking&atb=v314-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Db6pomaq30Gg

3 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

6 hours ago, webfact said:

special shoes, which all visitors are required to purchase and wear.

Is this in addition to a fee to cross the bridge? Maybe visitors were not aware of this and decided "no thanks". Special price for farangs???

Of course. Don't you know that Farangs have bigger feet?  :-))

3 hours ago, jaiyen said:

What is the attraction ? There is nothing to see. Just a non original steel bridge over a dirty river with a load of floating restaurants. Where is the tourist attraction ??

I suggest the nearby museum instead. They also have guides. At least when I was there late last year there was a fairly young guy, history student, who was able to tell us in pretty decent english about the history of the place.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

due to the shortage of special shoes, which all visitors are required to purchase and wear.

Amazing Thailand.. special shoes for a walk

18 hours ago, worgeordie said:

They must have known this before they started to

build this walkway , so why take so long to order

the special shoes , it's always the little things and

sometimes the big things that let them down....

regards Worgeordie

Sorry. No money to buy shoes.