Hellfire Pass - Kanchanaburi, Thailand
N 14° 22.296 E 098° 55.513
47P E 491937 N 1588825
Quick Description: This is the deep gorge that was hand cut by Allied POWs on the infamous Death Railway.
Location: Thailand
Date Posted: 2/16/2008 8:48:19 AM
Waymark Code: WM35ZT
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Long Description:
Reading about it in books is impressive, but to stand there in the
pass looking up, up, up above your head while the voices of
survivors are playing through the microphone on your head, then it
hits home. How did anyone survive?
My plan is to be AWOL from work on ANZACS Day this year to attend
the sunrise ceremony at the pass and hopefully to shake the hands
of one or two survivors who usually attend. If nothing else, I will
hike the 7km of the railway trail that has been cleared just to say
I have. And I will hear those voices in my head even without the
headphones.
Visit Instructions:
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