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Discover Ban Wang Dong in Thailand

Ban Wang Dong in the region of Kanchanaburi is a town located in Thailand - some 80 mi or ( 129 km ) West of Bangkok , the country's capital .

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Local time in Ban Wang Dong is now 12:56 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Bangkok " with a UTC offset of 7 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Phetchaburi, Ban Wang Wa, Ban Wang Muek, Ban Wang Lan, and Ban Wang Dong. When in this area, you might want to check out Phetchaburi . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Ban Wang Dong ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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KANCHANABURI CITY, THAILAND, PAST AND PRESENT

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Thai street food in Kanchanaburi (Thailand)

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Lube Phaya Resort

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Muang Singh, the western most city in ancient Khmer Empire

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260-acre walled city dated back 1000 years, is easily accessed by road from Kanchanaburi, Thailand. East-facing laterite temples were orderly laid out. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Tiger Temple

Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand that was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them several tigers, the majority of which are Indochinese tigers. The temple is located in the Saiyok district of Thailand's Kanchanaburi province, not far from the border with Myanmar, some 38 km north-west of Kanchanaburi along the 323 highway.

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Located at 14.12 99.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Buddhist temples in Kanchanaburi Province, Religious organizations established in 1994, Theravada Buddhist temples

Burma Railway

This article is about the railway constructed by Japan during World War II. For articles relating to the railways of the country Burma, see Rail transport in Burma. 50x40pxThis article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.

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Located at 14.04 99.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Burma–Thailand relations, Japanese prisoner of war and internment camps, Japanese war crimes, Military logistics of World War II, Military railways, Rail transport in Burma, Rail transport in Thailand, South-East Asian theatre of World War II, Strategic railways, Visitor attractions in Thailand

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American World War II film directed by David Lean based on the 1952 French novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting. It stars William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa. The film was filmed in Ceylon. The bridge in the film was located near Kitulgala.

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Located at 14.04 99.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: 1957 films, American films, Best Drama Picture Golden Globe winners, Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners, Best Picture Academy Award winners, British films, Columbia Pictures films, English-language films, Films directed by David Lean, Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award winning performance, Films featuring a Best Drama Actor Golden Globe winning performance, Films set in the 1940s, Films whose director won the Best Director Academy Award, Films whose director won the Best Director Golden Globe, Horizon Pictures films

JEATH War Museum

The JEATH War Museum is one of two war museums in Thailand about the Death Railway built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese, a part of the famous Thai-Burma railways.

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Located at 14.04 99.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: 1977 establishments in Thailand, Buildings and structures in Kanchanaburi Province, History museums in Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Military and war museums in Thailand, Military history of Thailand, Museums established in 1977, Visitor attractions in Kanchanaburi Province, World War II museums

Khwae Noi River

The River Kwai, more correctly Khwae Noi or Khwae Sai Yok, is a river in western Thailand. It rises to the east of the Salween in the north-south spine of the Bilauktaung range near, but not over the border with Burma. It begins at the confluence of Ranti, Songkalia and Bikhli Rivers. At Kanchanaburi it merges with the Khwae Yai River to form the Mae Klong river, which empties into the Gulf of Thailand at Samut Songkhram.

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Located at 14.16 99.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Geography of Kanchanaburi Province, Rivers of Thailand