North-East of Bangkok / River Kwai / Wild nature / Bamboo deep forest location
Situation
From Bangkok
Access to site by Jungle Train to Namtok Station in Kanchanburi province + Bus tuk-tuk (10 mn) to Paksand Pier + Boat (around 4 hours from BKK). http://www.kanchanaburi-info.com/en/train.html
History (Drama and Romance)
1) The Bridge on the River Kwai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai (movie sequence…how to burn a million dollars props)
2) Ghosts on Kwai River…
Article / Old ghosts haunt bridge over River Kwai
3) Shooting of ‘Deep Hunter’ with De Niro and Christopher Walken, living on the River Kwai Hotel
Eco-Utopian ‘Mon’ Village and Floating Hotel by Jacques Bes (at the initiative and origin of this life-project) / In the 60s, Jacques Bes came initially in Thailand as an engineer for petrol refinery construction, and changed his mind to become the vector of preserving the ‘Mon’ culture and the Primitive Deep Forest around Kwai River, through economical exchanges (at the beginning of bio-tourism).
