This Is Where Paradise Begins
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS:
BANGKOK
- Icon Siam Shopping Mall - is the most impressive shopping centre in Bangkok. It's next to the Chao Phraya River, and has more than 7,000 shops, 100 restaurants and even a floating market.
- China Town - Is the largest Chinese community in Thailand. The Chinese began to trade with the Thai people since the reign of King Rama I the Great, which the commercial centre was around Ratchawong Pier. At present, Yaowarat Road is known by tourists worldwide as a source of popular street food. In addition, Yaowarat Road is the venue for important Chinese festivals, e.g., Chinese New Year (during January) and the Vegetarian Festival (around October).
KANCHANABURI
- Wat Tham Sua - Is built in a mixed, splendid Thai-Chinese style and enshrines a huge Buddha image.Wat Tham Suea is famous for is spacious space, the sacred gilded Buddha Images, which is Kanchanaburi's largest, and interesting architectural style influenced by Chinese arts.
- Death Railway Station - Thailand-Myanmar Railway - During the Second World War in 1942, Japan planned to build a railway between Ban Pong, Thailand and Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar. More than 7,000 British soldiers were captured and forced into the construction of the road. More than 2,000 people were in the area. He died and was buried in Chungkai Cemetery in Kanchanaburi. In 1944, the bridge was destroyed in half by the Allied bombing. After the war, part of the bridge was restored, and some of it was preserved in the museum. In 1957, director David Lian
put this story on the screen, and the Bridge on the River Kwai gradually became a popular tourist attraction.
- Malika R E 124 Village - Malika means jasmine flower in the ancient Thai language, R.E. 124 refers to the 124th year of the Chakri Dynasty, 1905 AD. This year was the year that changed everything for Thailand, because Rama V (the king who promoted the modernization of Thailand), "The King and I" and "Anna and the King" are all films about him) completed the abolition of slavery in this year. There have been many reforms in the middle, and it was completely completed in 1905. This city is based on this year. Created, and then collected the various lifestyles of Thai people in this era.