Bangkok

capital of Thailand

110km

Ayutthaya

city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand

120km

JEATH War Museum

The acronym JEATH stands for the primary nationalities involved in the construction of the railway: Japanese, English, Australian, American, Thai and Holland. The free guide leaflet concludes with these salutary words, "May Peace Always Conquer Violence". Exhibits are housed in a palm hut, modeled on the type of buildings in which Death Railway POWs would have slept. Also displays a section of the first wooden bridge, recreations of the POW barracks and miscellaneous military paraphernalia. Downstairs is a somewhat incongruous exhibit of prehistoric Thailand complete with semi-erotic murals. The temple complex next door is interesting, although a cross-river boat departing from the riverside is the best attraction. The museum is time-worn, with many of the exhibits rusty or damaged by insects and the weather. Overall it is tatty and amateurish, and it may strike you as an insult to those who suffered here; far superior is the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre.

354m

Thailand–Burma Railway Centre

former railway between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma

1.6km

Tiger Temple

Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand

34km

Erawan National Park

national park of Thailand

60km

Sai Yok National Park

97km

Wat Chaiwatthanaram

Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand

117km

Wat Phra Si Sanphet

wat

119km

Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya

Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand

120km

Wat Phanan Choeng

Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand

121km

Ayothaya Floating Market

market in Ayutthaya province, Thailand

123km

Kaeng Krachan National Park

137km