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I've bin there in 1996
I made the river kwai bridge/hellfire pass tour back in 1996. But I did it from kanchanaburi, not from BKK. I was lucky to get a expat from australia as a tour guide. He could tell us a lot background history about the days of WW 2 and especialy about this area. He new a lot of local stories too. It is 11 years ago now, but I still remember everything he told me... he was a real story teller. Even the rain that day matched perfectly with the things he told us, while we where walking through the hellfire pass. Very impressive. It was unbelievable what people had to go through in the captivity of the japanese. I visited the YEATH-museum and the war cemetery by myself... it is in Kanchanaburi town. But Hellfire made the most impression(I think because of the stories our guide told us). I don't know if there was a tiger temple in 1997, but I was not aware of it. So I recon it will be a perfect day trip for you... but you have to have a little bit luck with the guide.
Have fun.
Cheers,
Raval
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