Most of beautiful sences in Central of Thailand is sunrise and sunset at the rivers, but the River Kwai Bridge is quite different. It is the scene of sun and memory.                                                                                                    The River Kwai Bridge is a bridge which connected both sides of Kwai Yai river in Kanchanaburi province at the west of Central Thailand. It is one part of “Death Railway”   
During World War II Japanese troops used Allied prisoners of war to build the railway from Kanchanaburi in Thailand to Myanmar. Thousands of prisoners died as a result of brutal treatment by their captors, therefore it is called “Death Railway”
The railway was built during 1942 – 1943 and its strategic objective was to link 415 kilometers (257 miles) of rugged terrain between Thailand and Myanmar in order to secure an alternative supply route for the Japanese conquest India. It was an ambitious goal that was accomplished with limited equipment, brutal treatment of forced labour and engineering creativity.  
The bridge that spans the Kwai Yai river with lenght at 300 meters (1,000 feet) was in use for 20 months before the Allied bombed it in 1945.
Nowadays, over the running river, the bridge stands alone on sunshine. It tells us the witness of war. Althouhg time goes on but the cruel war is still in our memory. It is the scene of sun and memory at River Kwai Bridge.

Sunshine Scene :
A good time to visit the River Kwai Bridge is winter season from November to December. But it is a good choice to visit in rainny season from August to September, it has less rain in this period with low price hotels and resorts.
A good scene is the walking from one side to the other side of the bridge in the morning at the begining of sunlight.

Getting There :
The River Kwai Bridge is from Kanchanaburi city to the North at 4 kilometers (2.48 miles) and from Bangkok is 128 kilometers (79.36 miles). There is frequent air conditioned bus service from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. It has daily train leaving Bangkok at 7:45 A.M. and arriving Kanchanaburi at 1:30 P.M. There are various of hotels and resorts in the city or along with the river.