The River Kwai Festivsal In Thailand Travel Articles | October 28 Andre Dawson Marlins Jersey , 2010 The River Kwai Festival kicks off a six-month run of festivals that happen all over Thailand.
Chulalongkorn Day sees the start of the spate of festivals that run through until the Songkhran peak next April. In six months Thailand has its high season of public holidays and festivals. Such events as Chiangmai Flower Festival, Loi Krathong Wei-Yin Chen Marlins Jersey , Yasothon Rocket Festival I and Chinese New Year are found within this period and the celebrations kick off with a full 10 day festival at the River Kwai Bridge in Kanchanaburi in the last week of November, leading up to His Majesty the King's birthday on December 5.
The annual festival is aimed at increasing awareness for a peaceful future. What better location?
A party atmosphere prevails and amongst the many exhibits and shows is the nightly son et lumiere extravaganza at the infamous bridge. Complete with fake air attacks and explosions with lots of fireworks, the upgraded sound and light show has commentaries in various languages available in grandstand seating on the riverside.
Special trains run from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station during this period and a special steam train excursion usually takes visitors on the last day of the festival. Nowadays Curtis Granderson Marlins Jersey , the idea is to book early as it is an immensely popular event. On the bonus side is that travel to and from Bangkok has improved dramatically over the past few years and an overnight in Kanchanaburi is no longer a necessity.
Don't expect to see the thick vegetation or rocky waters from which Sir Alec Guiness saw "his" bridge over the River Kwai - that's in Sri Lanka, where the movie was made portrayed in the film - and a beautiful spot indeed.
It's a good time for the festival as the scenery is a lush green at this time, conflicting with the yellow ochre to be found in April.
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