More on the Thailand Burma Railway. I caught a train which lasted about 90 minutes for a ride. I opted to go to the foreign tourist first class carriage for only another B150, or A$6. This turned out to be a good move – as a different experience.

Use of the toilet at this station was B3, or 12 cents. The photo below looks like a catch for a mailbag. But since the train stops I am not sure what it is for. The person was installing the loop when the photo was taken.

This is inside the first class carriage. All wood, with padded seats. Very colonial. With cool drinks included free (Coke), and a tea/coffee about half way in. I can just imagine a railway like this in india before independance.

Wooden Bridge. I think this is POW built.

Signalling is unique.

The river. What a beautiful landscape. Provided you do not need to actually build it yourself.

At times the jungle was so close to the train that you needed to get back from the window else you would be hit by plant matter. Wow.

All in all it was a wonderful trip. Quite moving too. You can see POW hospitals and camps as you go through the journey. The entire trip would be amazing.

Following that we then had a trip on the river in a speed boat. All wooden construction with a 2.8l engine behind. Wow.