Hellfire pass

There was more countryside in the countryside today -- plantations of rice, mango, tapioca and banana and a mountain range shielding us from Myanmar. We were on our way to Hellfire Pass. It was both impressive and troubling. The Australian Govt has put in an 'interpretive centre' (the Thai government didn't want a memorial to just Australians). It's well done and maintained. Just incredible that those POWs and immigrants dug a culvert 17metres deep and 110 metres long under appalling conditions, working up to 18 hours getting flogged and on starvation rations and disease rife.
A spot of lunch followed to cheer up a bit and then back to the boat for languishing in the heat.Read more