This was one place in Thailand I really wanted to visit. To see for myself just how the railway was built and to try (and fail) to imagine just how terrible it must have been to one of the slaves who worked on it. When we went, the hot season was just beginning and it was as hot as hell, never mind we slept properly, have eater well and weren't doing back-breaking labour 12 hours a day with no medical supplies!
When I am old I shall wear purple with a red hat, which does not go.
Kancnaburi