tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post9134179289385727038..comments2022-10-25T07:52:47.477-07:00Comments on Riding Rails: The River Kwai and Erawan Falls (June 26-27)Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18339789596944683688noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-20168354323372501252012-05-29T11:16:37.991-07:002012-05-29T11:16:37.991-07:00Another great post! In addition to being a narrate...Another great post! In addition to being a narrated tour, your posts are also a lesson in history. You REALLY should put this whole thing into book form. People would buy it! I know I can't stop reading...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-70694424688314222932011-07-09T12:24:04.226-07:002011-07-09T12:24:04.226-07:00The photos are wonderful, but I can't believe ...The photos are wonderful, but I can't believe you swam in a river with crocs. Are you nuts??!!kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-58435543014294360972011-07-09T08:20:56.790-07:002011-07-09T08:20:56.790-07:00Great post. Was the bridge ever dynamited like we ...Great post. Was the bridge ever dynamited like we see in the movie? The photos are a great help to picturing what you are describing. Though I've been in Central America, I just don't have a real idea of what it's like to be in a jungle. Having just read HEART OF DARKNESS, I'd have been making that connection if I'd been along. Thanks.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-70995784005987777742011-07-08T22:37:45.946-07:002011-07-08T22:37:45.946-07:00National flags over this side tend to be the resul...National flags over this side tend to be the result of class, national or civil war divisions. So they don't have the iconography that goes with a flag being held up with the bodies of the fallen while the English are shelling the shit out of a bastion. They also tend to be the result of compromise. But a compromise that is imposed not one that's organic.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-12094858421652113512011-07-08T07:37:34.769-07:002011-07-08T07:37:34.769-07:00That cemetery brings home how horrible that war wa...That cemetery brings home how horrible that war was, and how so many suffered. Wonderful pics of the critters, though. Amazing stuff.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-43328941340462658362011-07-08T07:14:05.228-07:002011-07-08T07:14:05.228-07:00What a somber place. But quite beautiful. Did you ...What a somber place. But quite beautiful. Did you want to whistle the song from the film about the Bridge over the River Kwai?Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-46410993683300919412011-07-08T05:27:41.852-07:002011-07-08T05:27:41.852-07:00it has to be pretty amazing and stilling to be at ...it has to be pretty amazing and stilling to be at such places along your journey...the railroad and bridge...and a nice little aside about the girl stolen from. glad she followed her own counsel and did the right thing...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811319573590605742.post-79579894763224830342011-07-08T04:22:19.470-07:002011-07-08T04:22:19.470-07:00East Asia is a place I've always wanted to vis...East Asia is a place I've always wanted to visit both for the history and scenery. Thanks for the next best thing.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com