{"id":620,"date":"2006-09-05T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/620\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T01:19:37","slug":"620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/620","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211; as a different experience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra1-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra2-199x300.jpg?resize=199%2C300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra2a-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wooden Bridge. I think this is POW built.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra3-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Signalling is unique.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra4-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra5-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra6-199x300.jpg?resize=199%2C300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The river. What a beautiful landscape. Provided you do not need to actually build it yourself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra7-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra8-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra9-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Following that we then had a trip on the river in a speed boat. All wooden construction with a 2.8l engine behind. Wow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/ra11-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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