Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Kanchanaburi, Thailand - darkometer rating : 2 - A provincial capital city in the western region of Thailand of the same name. It wouldn't be on the tourist map (dark or otherwise) if it wasn't for the famed Bridge over the River Kwai , which at Kanchanaburi takes the Death Railway across the river. There has been a museum related to the railway for decades and in the wake of increased tourist interest more have appeared. These augment two war cemeteries from the days of the construction of the Death Railway. > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos What there is to see: apart from the famous Bridge over the River Kwai and the outdoor display of locomotives etc. near it, there are three museums of varying quality that are devoted to the Death Railway (and more). All these are given separate entries here, see: - Death Railway - Bridge over the River Kwai - JEATH museum (the oldest) - Thailand-Burma Railway Centre (the best) - World War II Museum (the weirdest) Opposite the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre lies the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in which nearly 7000 Allied POW s and servicemen are buried, mostly they perished during the construction of the Death Railway. Here you can see row upon row of small headstones in a field shaded by large trees. A bit out of town, the smaller Chungkai War Cemetery , near the site of a former POW camp, is worth the detour ca. 2 miles (3 km) out to the west across the river. Some 1750 victims of the Death Railway are buried here. With its monument and headstones, some of which carry interesting inscriptions, this Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery is even more evocative than the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.