Today we went on the train across the bridge over the river Kwai.
The track is laid through a path cut into massive rocks which the men had to cut into without any machinery. The also built wooden bridges over massive ravines. The heat was incredible just on the train, so it must have been crippling to the men working on the line.
The were also ravaged by lack of food and medicine and many also suffered diseases and infections from the conditions in the jungle. Those that survived must have been either very lucky or very determined, or both.
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