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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 .
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)
Thai street food (in Kanchanaburi) [Thailand] ..
Lube Phaya Resort
Lube Phaya Resort Kanchanaburi, Thailand lubephayaresort.com ..
Muang Singh, the western most city in ancient Khmer Empire
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.
Located at 14.12 99.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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.
Located at 14.04 99.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
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.
Located at 14.04 99.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
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.
Located at 14.04 99.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
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.
Located at 14.16 99.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
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