Kanchanaburi - Tham Krasae Railway Bridge

Built over the course of only 17 days during the spring of 1943, Tham Krasae Bridge is the longest railway bridge in Thailand and one of the most famous; the railway bridge is part of the infamous Death Railway. During World War II, Japanese occupiers used prisoners of war as laborers to built a rail line from Myanmar to Thailand to help keep their troops supplied. Working conditions were horrific, and more than 12,000 Allied POWs lost their lives working on it.

 

Today, trains traveling along the railway stop at Tham Krasae, where passengers can jump off and photograph the trestle bridge as it crosses the Khwae Noi River. The nearby Krasae Cave was believed to have served as a campground and field hospital for Japanese soldiers.

Text is from Viator.

    

Kanchanaburi - Wat Tham Suea - Tiger Cave Temple

I was quickly made aware of the name of the Wat - I do not usually see tigers like this at a Wat! 

The Tiger Cave Temple.

It was certainly quite majestic when we drove around it - it was also quite busy!

The we entered the Wat to make merit and give thanks for my recovery from sickness.

I took a plethora of photographs - outside

and inside.

Was this person wearing pyjamas for a reason?

Then it was quite a walk to the top of the temples.

Where there were more tigers

and I do not know what this lady was doing?

Posts for Kanchanburi 

 1) Sangkhla Buri and Kanchanburi 2015

 2) Kanchanaburi 2018

 3) A trip to Kanchanaburi 2022

 4) On the road to Kanchanaburi 2022

 5) The Bridge on the River Kwai 2022

 6) Din Cafe in Kanchanaburi 2022

 7) Tiger Cave Temple 2022 

     

Kanchanaburi - ห้องอาหารสวนไทรโยค

ห้องอาหารสวนไทรโยค is Sai Yok restaurant in Kanchanaburi.

We had a good selection of dishes - my favourite was the Som Tam...

And we were next to the river - a great location as well.

      

Kanchanaburi - A monk in the river

Whilst we were at U Inchantree a monk came in a boat to collect offerings in the morning.

It was a quite moving experience.

Thank you.

    

Prasat Mueang Sing Historical Park - Kanchanaburi

Prasat Mueang Sing Historical Park in Kanchanaburi is certainly a place of interest!

It is a Khmer complex whose central element are the ruins of its temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Theseare the most Western ruins from Khmer Empire discovered in Thailand - more information here.

Mueang Sing (Thai: เมืองสิงห์, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ sǐŋ]) is a historical park in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. It protects the remains of two Khmer temples dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. It was declared a historical park in 1987.

History[edit]

The history of the site goes back to the period between 857 and 1157, a period when the Khmer Kingdom was flourishing. Records show that the town was abandoned until the reign of King Rama I.^[1] The name Mueang Sing first showed in the chronicles of the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), when it was a fortified town protecting the town Kanchanaburi. In the reform of provincial administration at the end of the 19th century its status was reduced from Mueang to Tambon (commune).

Architecture[edit]

Built in the Bayon-style, the temples date to the Khmer kingdom in the reign of King Jayavarman VII (1180 to 1219). A stone inscription of Prince Vira Kumara praising his father, 23 cities are named. One of these cities was named Srichaiya Singhapura, which some scholars identify with Mueang Sing.

Four monuments are located inside the area of 736,000 m² enclosed by a laterite wall. The south wall winds along the Khwae Noi river course, while the other three sides are quadratic. The main monument is in the center of the area. Northwest of this are the foundations of a second temple building. The other two monuments are of much smaller scale.

Text is from Wikipedia.