Hell Fire Pass, Kanchanburi, July 2015

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:38 PM

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:40 PM

It's quite mind boggling that the Prisoners completed this Cutting mainly with hand tools.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:42 PM

Bit of work here.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:43 PM

Walk past the tree and carry on.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:45 PM

They must of had some tools given the broken drill bit.

**klong toey** · 30-08-2015, 07:45 PM

Very nice thread Terry great pictures.
We were supposed to go the Hell Fire Pass in April but i stupidly gave Gert a choice.
So we ended up in Pattani/Yala for a month not a lot of nightlife.
Plus side quite beaches no tourist.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:46 PM

Lots of flowers along the way.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 07:48 PM

Exit the other End. As per usual pictures just don't do it.

**beerlaodrinker** · 30-08-2015, 07:54 PM

Excellent thread terry, thanks for the effort mate

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:01 PM

30 odd meters high of mountain face the prisoners cut through.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:04 PM

Looking back into the cutting from where we have walked from.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:06 PM

The stairs on the left are the way out. Quite a walk all up hill.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:08 PM

A barrow used to remove the broken rock.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:09 PM

Tributes at the exit.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:11 PM

Every Australian on the face of the planet who is versed in the Burma Railway knows this man.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:14 PM

At the end of Hell Fire Pass the track continues where the Prisoners pushed on towards Burma. I will walk this section one day.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:16 PM

These next two shots probably detail best the incredible task the prisoners had to complete.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:19 PM

Thousands died, either worked to death, beaten to death by the Jap guards or died of disease. Plenty of mosquitoes around when we were there.

**Eliminator** · 30-08-2015, 08:21 PM

Great story Terry and thank you.

**Davis Knowlton** · 30-08-2015, 08:22 PM

Brilliant thread. Thanks.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:27 PM

Looking down at the end of the cutting.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:31 PM

To get back to the car park and Museum one has two choices. Either back track through the cutting or climb out the other end up the mountain. I chose the mountain.

**palexxxx** · 30-08-2015, 08:33 PM

Great thread Terry. I was glad I went there a couple of years ago and witnessed for myself what the prisoners of war had to go through all those years ago.

What Terry is describing here is just a short section of the Death Railway. From the museum to the Hellfire Pass is a walk of about 500-600 metres. You have to remember that the Death Railway was 415 kms long, from Ban Pong, Thailand to Thanbyuzayat, Burma. 180,000 Asian civilian labourers (Romusha) and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war worked on the railway. It is estimated that 90,000 Romusha and 12,621 Allied POW's died during the construction.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:33 PM

I recon there must be a few heart attacks on this route, many older people come to see this area. It's a slog getting in and out.

**terry57** · 30-08-2015, 08:41 PM

I worked the Handbag hard this day, she only broke out in a small sweat and never complained once. She's a great girl. Any way, not a happy thread but a bit of very Important history. You must go there and see this place but not when its full of tourists. The End.

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