クワィ川鉄橋・戦場に架ける橋/ The Bridge on the River Kwai

映画 戦場に架ける橋の舞台となったクワイ川に架かる橋と泰麺鉄道。川を渡る鉄橋の景色も良いが、木造の橋げたを軋ませながら、崖沿いの線路を列車がゆっくり進むのもちょっとスリリング。山一つ隔てればミャンマーという山岳地帯を、ゆっくり走る列車からの車窓から見える田園風景も、バンコクの喧騒を忘れられ気持ちいい。

A bridge is very well known by famous movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, it was built during the world war II for constructing a Burma-Siam railway. The scene of the bridge over the river is wonderful but riding on a train running slowly on creaking girder by the cliff is much more exciting. A scene from window running through mountain area near border with Myanmar makes me free from noisy life in Bangkok.