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Buddha Birthday Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi are two different terms for the same happening, the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. This auspicious day has several names for it. Beside Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi it is also called Saga Dawa, Vesak, Vaisakh Purnima, and many more names in different …
WWII & JEATH Museum The letters JEATH stand for Japan, England, Australia, Thailand, Holland. There can be some confusion about which museum we talk about. There is another JEATH museum in Kanchanaburi opposite the big temple along the river. That museum and the one near the Bridge on the river …
Peace and after In posts of JEATH museum, Death Railway, Hellfire Pass and Bridge on the river Kwai you can read about the history and horror of the Thai – Burma Railway. What happened after all? After completing the railway the POW’s were either kept in Thailand or sent to …
Death Railway The Hellfire pass is a part of the Thai – Burma Railway, also called the Death Railway. Related to the Death Railway is the Hellfire Pass, the JEATH war museum, the Bridge on the river Kwai and the war cemeteries. All can be read about on this site …
Bhaktapur is a must-see if you visit Nepal. The capital city of the former Bhaktapur Kingdom is located 13 km east of Kathmandu at 1400 meters altitude, which is nearly the same altitude as Kathmandu. It is an ancient kingdom village where the old architecture is kept alive. This old …
The River Kwai Bridge is a tragic part of war history. So much that several books are published about it. David Lean’s movie ‘Bridge on the river Kwai, which was released in 1957, did the rest to make this Bridge and its story well known. This in Kanchanaburi located bridge …
A railway to Burma In 1942 during WWII, the Japanese were fighting the British in Burma. Their goal was an attack on India. To supply their troops in Burma, the Japanese needed a safer supply route than the sea routes from Singapore to Rangoon. They decided to build a 415 …
Saigon Saigon is the biggest city of Vietnam, although it’s not the capital. The numbers are somewhere around 3,4 million people living in the inner city and 10 million including surrounding areas. The weather in Saigon can be from real hot, around 40 degrees in summer, to very wet during …
Penang Hill History Penang Hill dates back to the colonial time of Malaysia. In that time it was the first hill station. In total there were hills like Western Hill, Government Hill and three more hills. Penang Hill was actually meant to become an area to grow strawberries, as ordered …
Namo Buddha is a place where not many tourists visit, although it’s located at only 43 km east of Kathmandu. People travelling on a package deal to Nepal won’t visit Namo Buddha. Neither will people travelling on their own because it’s not on the way to Pokhara or Chitwan. Namo …