I'm hoping to spend about 3 nights in the Kanchanaburi area in December.
My father was a POW and I want to take the kids (teenagers) to see the area as part of their family history.
I'm going to arrange for a driver and a guide. Can anyone recommend the best places to visit? Anything to avoid? Also any suggestions of where to stay would be appreciated.
We arrive in Bankok on 22nd Dec and will spend 2 or 3 nights there. Are we best to spend Christmas day in Bangkok and then travel to Kanchanaburi on Boxing day? Is Boxing day a holiday or will everything be open?
I'm not too worried about elephant trips or rafting as I believe that we will be able to do these thing later in our trip when we visit Koh Chang. Please tell me if I'm wrong.
The visit to Kanchanaburi is the most important part of our trip to Thialand and the reason that we are going, so I really want to get it right and would very much appreciate any advice.
Take a look at http://www.kanchanaburi-info.com/en/muang.html
The three things that should be on your list are the war cemetary in the middle of town, 6800+ POW graves; the JEATH museum- it will give your kids an idea of what your Dad & others went through; and the train from Kanchananburi - Nam Tok (if you've got time). This goes along the original railway which was built by POWs towards the Burmese border & stops near Erawan waterfall.
The three things that should be on your list are the war cemetary in the middle of town, 6800+ POW graves; the JEATH museum- it will give your kids an idea of what your Dad & others went through; and the train from Kanchananburi - Nam Tok (if you've got time). This goes along the original railway which was built by POWs towards the Burmese border & stops near Erawan waterfall.
Christmas Day and Boxing Day are not Buddhist holidays so shops, sites etc., should be open.
agree with what macfarang says. We did all these on a day tour. The JEATH camp and the cemetary are very moving. I shed a few tears reading the graves. The train journey is breathtaking.
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