I’m Japanese and I also visited Kanchanaburi in 2018. I saw their bridge and the museum as well. I learned a lot from their museum and your videos as well. Hope can share about this bad history to the future kids to make this world peaceful!
I wanted to share some of the knowledge that I gained from my few days in Kanchanaburi via the museums, memorials, and online content such as the documentary 'The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai' . I hope you find this of interest and I apologize if any of my presentation is incorrect, I also felt I couldn't tell the whole story, and I left out a lot of the details of exactly how the soldiers were treated. If you would like to find out more the description has a list of places and content that you can find out much more information on exactly what happened here in Kanchanaburi. ❤❤✌❤❤
Anyone who has seen the film will have learnt nearly nothing about what happened here. I live in Kanchanaburi and the story and the place deserve your time. Colonel Bogie and American heroes - forget it.
Paddy this upload must be one of your best. You obviously have a talent for teaching. I would love to see you do more videos like this one and tell us more about Thai history.
Great job with this video, Paddy. It’s difficult to summarize a story like this and you did it really well. We learned a few things from this. Thank you!
My first visit there was 30 years ago very emotional walking through the cemetery and looking at all the headstones. The bridge over the river Kwai was probably the first that a lot of people in the west had even heard about Thailand as it was immortalized in the movie which by the way was best picture of the year and won an Oscar. Here’s a little bit of history to ponder. In 1957 Yul Brynner won the Academy award for best actor in The King and I. Followed up by Alec Guinness winning the Oscar for best actor in 1958 for The bridge over the River Kwai. It also won an Oscar that year for best movie. I wonder how many people even knew about Thailand prior to these two movies coming out in the late 50s, what a coincidence that In 1959 the first governmental tourist authority was formed. Thailand had no organised tourism industry until the late-1950s. In that era, Bangkok had about 800 tourist-standard rooms to serve its 40,000 foreign visitors per year. Oh how the times have changed. By the way nice work on covering the history in a separate episode. Other movies that brought attention to Thailand were the “man with the golden gun” James Bond 007. Another big one was “the beach” with Leonardo DiCaprio that came out in 1999 if I remember correctly I remember seeing it in southern Thailand the theater was packed on opening night, And more recently “the hangover”. Just to name a few.
On the subject of movies, I believe 'The King and I' is still banned in Thailand, something about being disrespectful/falsehoods to the former King Mongkut. Regardless, RIP and my respect.
Many thanks for sharing this,Paddy. My father was here in 1946 as part of the Allied effort to repatriate the remaining P.O.W.s You have told me more than he ever did as he never ever wanted to talk about it again. It caused him to have nightmares until he died in 2010. After leaving Kanchanaburi he continued on to Japan as part as of the guard on The Imperial Palace as Hirohito was under house arrest. Once again many thanks.
Re the teacher / storyteller aspect. Your style reminds me of one of my high-school teachers named Mr Brown. He held the class intrigued as history unfolded before us. We couldn't wait to come to the next class because he did a masterful job of foreshadowing what was to come. You've left any of the nasty details up to our imagination if we dare go there. Well done. Thank you. dcb
I visited Thailand in October 2017 and missed so many attractions. Your videos are very educational and awe inspiring. We need an index and a brief breakdown of each video for each province. Hoping to visit again when the world returns to normal. My retirement plans have changed and I want to spend my vacation and later my retirement in Thailand visiting all the provinces. Thanks Paddy for your wonderful videos.
Hi Paddy, you managed to wrap this heartbreaking story gracefully in your video. My wife, with whom I have been married for 25 years, comes from Kanchanaburi and I have of course been to all these places several times and know this sad story too. Your video is an excellent complement to a video that Pete "Thairish Times" made as "A Hero Story" about a month ago. Living in the present one should not overlook the past because something like this should never happen again, especially at this time when the cold war seems to flare up again in Europe... Thank you very much for this great video. Greetings from Sattahip - Gerd 🌈🍀💖🌴🌈
Excellent insight into what those poor souls endured! I recently walked 100km from hellfire pass to Kanchanburi war cemetery. Following the railway to Kanchanburi war memorial cemetery where my great uncle is buried. A very humbling experience it was!
Oh Paddy, this was so interesting and well told. My father was a Japanese prisoner of war (British Army) and was put into Changi prison. He too worked on the Burma railway. I had a little teary listening to the story but you told it from all sides very well. Thanks again.
Very school teacher like but really enjoyed this video. I have attended ANZAC day a number of times at Hell Fire Pass an extremely moving experience. Well done to the Australian Government.
Great summarizing of the history and significance of the railroad. I was able to walk the Hellfire Pass route and it is very sobering. There is a point beyond which one is told you need special permission to go, and a special radio, because it is really getting into the wilderness and becomes a very dangerous trek, and the park rangers want to keep tabs on anyone who may go missing because of an accident. We started walking that part of the route a little bit, but the farther we went, the more I got scared in case something really did happen to us because it was a bit dodgy scrambling over loose rocks and such, and we didn't have the special permission, nor the two-way radio. Beautiful views of the mountains of Myanmar in the near distance though. The museum at the pass is very informative, as is the museum back in the city near the cemetery. We hopped a train near that waterfall and took it back into the city, and across the replica bridge, and then disembarked from the train and walked across the bridge, whistling the theme song from the movie "Bridge on the River Kwai." One interesting thing to note: The river there was not actually named River Kwai, it had a different name, But Pierre Boule's book misnamed it, and in order to capitalize on the potential tourist trade, the Thai government renamed the river to Kwai Noi, so the bridge there really does now go over the River Kwai (Noi). The bridge is a re-built bridge, but there are some sections of the bridge that are the original parts, and the guide books will tell you what to look for to determine what is original. All in all, this was a wonderful and very informative video. Thank you. Can't wait to see your video about the recreational aspects of Kanchanaburi province, because in addition to a history lesson, the province is beautiful and lots of fun recreational opportunities.
You have made a great video on a very difficult subject matter and you were right in keeping it solely about the history of the death railway. Despite a small battle at Prachuap Kiri Khan, when an invading Japanese force was repelled by a small Thai army force, the Thais signed a Treaty of Accord allowing the Japanese into Thailand...keeping Thailand's proud record of not being colonised by another country. The Japanese used mainly Burmese and Malay labour along with POWs and its important to remember that over 100,000 of these perished and are buried in simple graves alongside the tracks of the railway (as far as I'm aware there's no memorial to their sacrifice which is extremely sad). It's a shame you didn't visit the Wang Pho Viaduct an amazing feat of engineering built by POWs and civilian labour surrounded by astounding beauty, a contrast typical of this area...incredible beauty entwined with incredible sorrow. Nevertheless, your video was incredibly tasteful but also thought provoking...well done again Paddy 😁👍👏👏
Thank you for sharing this Paddy, you really are such a talented content creator.. Loved every single one of your videos throughout your journey. I can only try to imagine the horrendous conditions and how these people must have felt.. Just absolutely gut wrenchingly awful.. I grew up with my Dad watching war films and Bridge Over River Kwai was one of them, its truly heartbreaking.
This is really an important story and you’re telling it in a very interesting way 😀 It’s easy getting lost in your words and wanting to get to know the whole story of what actually happened. Thank you so much for sharing, Paddy 🙏🏻❤️ You are my favourite teacher for sure 🤓😇❤️ Keep up the good work 👌
Dear Paddy, my partner and I stayed at a hotel beside the bridge at Kanchanaburi early last month. While there I realised how little I know, so I started researching on the Internet. Unfortunately I found a lot of information that left me a bit muddled. I found a video on you tube by the grand daughter of Brigadier Sir Philip Toosey. Brigadier Toosey was the man that Alec Guinness role in the film, Bridge on the river Kwai, was very loosely based on. I was so interested that I bought the book, The Colonel of Tamarkan. I haven't finished it yet but it is a book well worth reading with an insight to what happened in those terrible times. Kanchanaburi is a lovely area to visit but tinged with sadness from the past. Paddy, thank you for your video, it is very well presented and informative.
Hi Paddy! Thank you very much for this video. I really appreciate that you offered this topic a separate video. I was deeply touched when visiting this museum some 15 years ago and highly recommend everyone to step into the Hellfire Pass Centre to learn more and feel more about the circumstances and the historical background. I highly support your decision to add this due to its portentous topic “untypical” video to your channel. This is what makes your channel worthwhile: authenticity. You got the feeling that this topic was important - and so it was. Thumbs up! Looking forward to seeing next “happy travel” videos. But in the same way to emotional things in any direction along your road. Keep on rolling!
Great story. My wife and I visited Kanchanaburi a few years ago. The museum was an eye opener. We took the train from Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok. This took us over the wooden viaduct mentioned in the movie. As a strange coincidence, the weeks leading up to us leaving NZ, there were movies and documentaries about the bridge and the treatment of prisoners during that period of history. It helped us understand better what we were seeing during our trip. One movie which is worth seeing is The Railway Man with Colin Firth. It shows the mans struggle during the war and how he came face to face with one of the people responsible for the pain and suffering during that period.
Wow! This video was so respectfully done. I really enjoyed this format, it should be called 'Next Level Documentary'. You made me forget that I was just watching a video on UA-cam...all while learning about the tragic history of the Thai people. Well done. You have honored their memory in a very kind, humble and beautiful way. Thank you.
Paddy some very good reading material. 1. A life for every sleeper. 2. Australian Prisoners of war 3. Burma Thai Railway 1942 - 1943. If you go into the first museum south of the bridge, go past the locomotive and to the left of the aircraft, there is a small remains of the original wooden bridge. Love your work
Thank you so much Paddy, really well told. As a former British Serviceman of 30 year's now living over here, you've done an excellent job. Thank you so very much old chap.
Really excellent building of the "context" in sharing this history, Paddy. So important to remember, in part, so we never repeat it. Appreciate this very much. Powerful stuff.
One of your best vlog ! I loved it. Thanks for your very interesting details and for your emotions. You’re the best. A bit disappointed that your trip is arriving shortly to its end. I love Thailand and hope to come back again with all the very interesting details of your videos !
Hi Paddy, thanks for doing the video on Hellfire Pass. I suggested that might like to do something about it several months ago. ( I am the retired Royal New Zealand Navy guy who visited there with the Australian Defence Force back in about 2005.) Your video was very moving and obviously you had done a lot of research and put considerable thought into how to treat a subject that is still sensitive to many people. I am glad to see that you have received so many positive and supportive comments. Bravo Zulu. (Navy speak for Well Done. )
The tone of this video is just perfect for the content within it and having it stand alone is the right decision. We visited Hellfire Pass 6 years ago and walking through history as you do there it really brings home the horrific ordeal the prisoners of war went through. Great job Paddy.
I thought this was your best video yet because you navigated such a tough subject with amazing sensitivity and thoughfullness. You are a true diplomat with a teachers heart!! I'm a 63 year old 3rd generation-Japanese American. As a person of Japanese heritage, I am alert to the atrocities Japan committed during WWII and the older I get, the more terrible things I learn. I heard about the stories this video, but the perspective and context you provided for how these things came about made a lot of sense to me. For a long time I had a couldn't understanding how Japan could've been so cruel and I still have a tough time with that, but the way you explain the situation in Japan at the time and about Emperor Hirohito put some of the pieces of the puzzle together for me. I ditto everyones compliments that wrote before me and appreciate their insights. Khaawp-khun khrap!
I really enjoyed this video. It‘s interesting to get to know some history aspects - but in a nicely compressed way! Thanks for that. Also: this haircut looks great on you, Paddy!
Fantastic video Paddy! You really are a great teacher. You pesented facts to show each sides mindset and reasons why they reacted how they did. You really create a thirst for more knowledge.
We are keen followers of your channel and as a couple of boomers in Australia particularly enjoyed your telling of this compelling part of history. The suffering and hardship of these young men is beyond comprehension. You told their story with such great respect and compassion.
@paddy easily one of your top 5 videos. respectfully told of this brutal event in Thai history. you should definitely do more of these documentary type edits … fascinating and always good to learn 👍🏻
good job again, Paddy! All your videos are so great! everyday i am checking if there are new featrues from you and every time there is, i become happy! keep on the great work. many regards, Andy from Belgium!
Very moving movie Paddy you have captured the feeling so well 😔 Very informative too. Well done this will help keep alive a part of history that should never be forgotten.
Very nicely narrated Khru Paddy. Been there twice, going again with my son hopefully this year. This vlog will be a great source for him to learn the subject before we go.
Watched it again as I often watch your stuff multiple times. I have seen a number of utubers do this one . I think Thailand bound was the last I saw . You did an epic job . It is very apparent how your making the effort to evolve your channel . Great stuff Paddy.
Such a brilliant vlog Paddy. Thank-you for presenting in such a way that shows respect to all involved. I love this region of Thailand and have been to Hellfire Pass a few times on Rememberence Day 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇹🇭🙏 Such a beautiful but solemn place 🙏 Thanks again mate, my Thai family and I love your content 👍
I really appreciate how you focus on the psychological aspects from both sides and it must have been even harder to walk through it as a British person still trying to understand how this could have happened. And seriously, your speaking skills and voice are radio-quality amazing😳 👏
Paddy,,,, that was outstanding. Your summary has provided me with a compelling desire to follow your footsteps with a motorcycle ride next month to pay homage to all those who persevered in this era so we can live as we do today. I look forward to building upon the historical aspects you've revealed on this thought provoking trip to Kanchanaburi. Thanks Prof!
Thanks Paddy, a good rehearsal of some of the cultural factors that led to the brutality of the POW's treatment. Being a child of the generation who fought that war, I knew a bit about how the POWs were treated, but hadn't really understood much about the reasons. Good to hear a more balanced account of the events, it doesn't detract from the grimness but focuses on the awfulness of war itself rather than blame and hatred toward the former enemy which was almost inevitably part of my parent's generation's account. Interesting and well made video (despite the minor anachronism of the references to 'jets' 🙂)
Well done Paddy, that was a very well researched and poignant account of the story, great to see you back on your travels and especially in Kanchanaburi which is possibly my favorite place to visit for many reasons.
@@PaddyDoyle. I just watched the interview with the young Irish lad, very good. You spoke about content and how difficult to know what will attract high views. I would be really interested in how this one does, I suspect you will be really surprised
Mate what a great vlog that was. Love the way you told the story. Will be visiting Kanchanaburi is March when we return to Thailand for a months holiday.
Thanks Paddy. Great video. I took my adult son to hellfire pass in 2006. As a couple of Aussies we found it very moving along with the cemetery in Kanchanaburi.
Thanks Paddy, awesome as always mate. We only got as far as the bridge on our whirlwind race around, hope to retrace later this year and take in some of the extra places like this on a more refined travel schedule 555.
I'm just back from Thailand and I visited Kanchanaburi and Hellfire Pass with my sister. We did the full walk from the Interpretation Centre to Hintok Road and back. Very tough, humid and hot. We had plenty of water but it gave us something of an appreciation of the hell these guys endured building this railway.
War is horrific and heartbreaking. Never seems to end. Thank you for telling the factual side of this time in history. Through your travels I have learned so much about Thailand. You are an excellent teacher and storyteller. Your students must have learned so much from you.
My great uncle was a pow on hellfire it’s a very harrowing place for me, I was only a little kid and never knew why he was a nutter, then travelling Thailand and learning what they endured thru their captivity it was all clear! Thanks for paying homage mate
I’m Japanese and I also visited Kanchanaburi in 2018. I saw their bridge and the museum as well. I learned a lot from their museum and your videos as well.
Hope can share about this bad history to the future kids to make this world peaceful!
I wanted to share some of the knowledge that I gained from my few days in Kanchanaburi via the museums, memorials, and online content such as the documentary 'The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai' .
I hope you find this of interest and I apologize if any of my presentation is incorrect, I also felt I couldn't tell the whole story, and I left out a lot of the details of exactly how the soldiers were treated.
If you would like to find out more the description has a list of places and content that you can find out much more information on exactly what happened here in Kanchanaburi.
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I highly recommend visiting Pilok further on that direction.
Hin Dat hot spring is nice too.
Anyone who has seen the film will have learnt nearly nothing about what happened here. I live in Kanchanaburi and the story and the place deserve your time. Colonel Bogie and American heroes - forget it.
Paddy this upload must be one of your best. You obviously have a talent for teaching. I would love to see you do more videos like this one and tell us more about Thai history.
Great job with this video, Paddy. It’s difficult to summarize a story like this and you did it really well. We learned a few things from this. Thank you!
My first visit there was 30 years ago very emotional walking through the cemetery and looking at all the headstones. The bridge over the river Kwai was probably the first that a lot of people in the west had even heard about Thailand as it was immortalized in the movie which by the way was best picture of the year and won an Oscar. Here’s a little bit of history to ponder.
In 1957 Yul Brynner won the Academy award for best actor in The King and I. Followed up by Alec Guinness winning the Oscar for best actor in 1958 for The bridge over the River Kwai. It also won an Oscar that year for best movie.
I wonder how many people even knew about Thailand prior to these two movies coming out in the late 50s, what a coincidence that In 1959 the first governmental tourist authority was formed. Thailand had no organised tourism industry until the late-1950s. In that era, Bangkok had about 800 tourist-standard rooms to serve its 40,000 foreign visitors per year. Oh how the times have changed. By the way nice work on covering the history in a separate episode. Other movies that brought attention to Thailand were the “man with the golden gun” James Bond 007. Another big one was “the beach” with Leonardo DiCaprio that came out in 1999 if I remember correctly I remember seeing it in southern Thailand the theater was packed on opening night, And more recently “the hangover”. Just to name a few.
Wow…you have a great memory and knowledge.
Another Chinese movie “Lost in Thailand” in 2013 it made Thailand super popular with Chinese tourists.
@@wisarut.nualkaew yes good memory. The golden gun one I was a little kid about 13
@@ian-wu2bb I grew up with Pierce Brosnan 007. 😅
On the subject of movies, I believe 'The King and I' is still banned in Thailand, something about being disrespectful/falsehoods to the former King Mongkut. Regardless, RIP and my respect.
Many thanks for sharing this,Paddy. My father was here in 1946 as part of the Allied effort to repatriate the remaining P.O.W.s
You have told me more than he ever did as he never ever wanted to talk about it again. It caused him to have nightmares until he died in 2010. After leaving Kanchanaburi he continued on to Japan as part as of the guard on The Imperial Palace as Hirohito was under house arrest. Once again many thanks.
you should go. you would like it. lots of western food if ya dnt like Thai food. worth a trip
Re the teacher / storyteller aspect. Your style reminds me of one of my high-school teachers named Mr Brown. He held the class intrigued as history unfolded before us. We couldn't wait to come to the next class because he did a masterful job of foreshadowing what was to come. You've left any of the nasty details up to our imagination if we dare go there. Well done. Thank you. dcb
Thanks for that David!
Absolutely agree on that !! I would really like to see more of this side of Paddy. Informative storytelling…
I visited Thailand in October 2017 and missed so many attractions. Your videos are very educational and awe inspiring. We need an index and a brief breakdown of each video for each province. Hoping to visit again when the world returns to normal. My retirement plans have changed and I want to spend my vacation and later my retirement in Thailand visiting all the provinces. Thanks Paddy for your wonderful videos.
Hi Paddy, you managed to wrap this heartbreaking story gracefully in your video. My wife, with whom I have been married for 25 years, comes from Kanchanaburi and I have of course been to all these places several times and know this sad story too. Your video is an excellent complement to a video that Pete "Thairish Times" made as "A Hero Story" about a month ago. Living in the present one should not overlook the past because something like this should never happen again, especially at this time when the cold war seems to flare up again in Europe...
Thank you very much for this great video.
Greetings from Sattahip - Gerd 🌈🍀💖🌴🌈
Excellent insight into what those poor souls endured! I recently walked 100km from hellfire pass to Kanchanburi war cemetery. Following the railway to Kanchanburi war memorial cemetery where my great uncle is buried. A very humbling experience it was!
Oh Paddy, this was so interesting and well told. My father was a Japanese prisoner of war (British Army) and was put into Changi prison. He too worked on the Burma railway. I had a little teary listening to the story but you told it from all sides very well. Thanks again.
Very school teacher like but really enjoyed this video. I have attended ANZAC day a number of times at Hell Fire Pass an extremely moving experience. Well done to the Australian Government.
Great summarizing of the history and significance of the railroad. I was able to walk the Hellfire Pass route and it is very sobering. There is a point beyond which one is told you need special permission to go, and a special radio, because it is really getting into the wilderness and becomes a very dangerous trek, and the park rangers want to keep tabs on anyone who may go missing because of an accident. We started walking that part of the route a little bit, but the farther we went, the more I got scared in case something really did happen to us because it was a bit dodgy scrambling over loose rocks and such, and we didn't have the special permission, nor the two-way radio. Beautiful views of the mountains of Myanmar in the near distance though. The museum at the pass is very informative, as is the museum back in the city near the cemetery. We hopped a train near that waterfall and took it back into the city, and across the replica bridge, and then disembarked from the train and walked across the bridge, whistling the theme song from the movie "Bridge on the River Kwai." One interesting thing to note: The river there was not actually named River Kwai, it had a different name, But Pierre Boule's book misnamed it, and in order to capitalize on the potential tourist trade, the Thai government renamed the river to Kwai Noi, so the bridge there really does now go over the River Kwai (Noi). The bridge is a re-built bridge, but there are some sections of the bridge that are the original parts, and the guide books will tell you what to look for to determine what is original. All in all, this was a wonderful and very informative video. Thank you. Can't wait to see your video about the recreational aspects of Kanchanaburi province, because in addition to a history lesson, the province is beautiful and lots of fun recreational opportunities.
You have made a great video on a very difficult subject matter and you were right in keeping it solely about the history of the death railway. Despite a small battle at Prachuap Kiri Khan, when an invading Japanese force was repelled by a small Thai army force, the Thais signed a Treaty of Accord allowing the Japanese into Thailand...keeping Thailand's proud record of not being colonised by another country. The Japanese used mainly Burmese and Malay labour along with POWs and its important to remember that over 100,000 of these perished and are buried in simple graves alongside the tracks of the railway (as far as I'm aware there's no memorial to their sacrifice which is extremely sad). It's a shame you didn't visit the Wang Pho Viaduct an amazing feat of engineering built by POWs and civilian labour surrounded by astounding beauty, a contrast typical of this area...incredible beauty entwined with incredible sorrow. Nevertheless, your video was incredibly tasteful but also thought provoking...well done again Paddy 😁👍👏👏
Well done Paddy.
Respectfully told, considerate to all angles of this unfortunate event in history. A difficult job very well done.
Thank you for sharing this Paddy, you really are such a talented content creator.. Loved every single one of your videos throughout your journey.
I can only try to imagine the horrendous conditions and how these people must have felt.. Just absolutely gut wrenchingly awful.. I grew up with my Dad watching war films and Bridge Over River Kwai was one of them, its truly heartbreaking.
This is really an important story and you’re telling it in a very interesting way 😀 It’s easy getting lost in your words and wanting to get to know the whole story of what actually happened. Thank you so much for sharing, Paddy 🙏🏻❤️ You are my favourite teacher for sure 🤓😇❤️ Keep up the good work 👌
The links in the description will help if you need more information and THANKS!
@@PaddyDoyle. this is so interesting that I’ve watched it 4 times now… 🙈🙈
You did a great job on this one Paddy. These poor souls should always be remembered. It's frightening what people are capable of doing to each other.
Paddy, this is the best ever! More, more, more please.
You are “Paddy THE Teacher”
Fantastic job paddy! U did a tremendous job honouring the history here and giving context to the province which should never be forgotten. Nice one
Dear Paddy, my partner and I stayed at a hotel beside the bridge at Kanchanaburi early last month. While there I realised how little I know, so I started researching on the Internet. Unfortunately I found a lot of information that left me a bit muddled. I found a video on you tube by the grand daughter of Brigadier Sir Philip Toosey. Brigadier Toosey was the man that Alec Guinness role in the film, Bridge on the river Kwai, was very loosely based on. I was so interested that I bought the book, The Colonel of Tamarkan. I haven't finished it yet but it is a book well worth reading with an insight to what happened in those terrible times. Kanchanaburi is a lovely area to visit but tinged with sadness from the past.
Paddy, thank you for your video, it is very well presented and informative.
Hi Paddy! Thank you very much for this video. I really appreciate that you offered this topic a separate video. I was deeply touched when visiting this museum some 15 years ago and highly recommend everyone to step into the Hellfire Pass Centre to learn more and feel more about the circumstances and the historical background.
I highly support your decision to add this due to its portentous topic “untypical” video to your channel. This is what makes your channel worthwhile: authenticity. You got the feeling that this topic was important - and so it was. Thumbs up!
Looking forward to seeing next “happy travel” videos. But in the same way to emotional things in any direction along your road.
Keep on rolling!
Great story. My wife and I visited Kanchanaburi a few years ago. The museum was an eye opener. We took the train from Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok. This took us over the wooden viaduct mentioned in the movie. As a strange coincidence, the weeks leading up to us leaving NZ, there were movies and documentaries about the bridge and the treatment of prisoners during that period of history. It helped us understand better what we were seeing during our trip. One movie which is worth seeing is The Railway Man with Colin Firth. It shows the mans struggle during the war and how he came face to face with one of the people responsible for the pain and suffering during that period.
Wow! This video was so respectfully done. I really enjoyed this format, it should be called 'Next Level Documentary'. You made me forget that I was just watching a video on UA-cam...all while learning about the tragic history of the Thai people. Well done. You have honored their memory in a very kind, humble and beautiful way. Thank you.
You outdid yourself on this one. I learned a few more things about this part of history thanks to you, and I am 76. You are a great teacher !
Paddy some very good reading material.
1. A life for every sleeper.
2. Australian Prisoners of war
3. Burma Thai Railway 1942 - 1943.
If you go into the first museum south of the bridge, go past the locomotive and to the left of the aircraft, there is a small remains of the original wooden bridge.
Love your work
Probably the most respectful and informative video I have seen on this subject and others like it, many thanks.
Wow I'm really happy to hear that because I was really worried I might have miss spoke or something similar. Appreciate it 😊
Thank you so much Paddy, really well told. As a former British Serviceman of 30 year's now living over here, you've done an excellent job. Thank you so very much old chap.
Really excellent building of the "context" in sharing this history, Paddy. So important to remember, in part, so we never repeat it. Appreciate this very much. Powerful stuff.
One of your best vlog !
I loved it.
Thanks for your very interesting details and for your emotions.
You’re the best.
A bit disappointed that your trip is arriving shortly to its end.
I love Thailand and hope to come back again with all the very interesting details of your videos !
Great video Paddy, thank you for doing this. One of my favorite videos.
Hi Paddy, thanks for doing the video on Hellfire Pass. I suggested that might like to do something about it several months ago. ( I am the retired Royal New Zealand Navy guy who visited there with the Australian Defence Force back in about 2005.) Your video was very moving and obviously you had done a lot of research and put considerable thought into how to treat a subject that is still sensitive to many people. I am glad to see that you have received so many positive and supportive comments. Bravo Zulu. (Navy speak for Well Done. )
Top shelf PD - your commentary & editing on this is better than many docos 👌 one of your best - Thanks 🍻👊😎👌🙏👍
Best of all your videos👍
Thanks for being back on the road.
This was a really great video , first class . Thanks for taking time to cover this story the way it should be done.
The tone of this video is just perfect for the content within it and having it stand alone is the right decision. We visited Hellfire Pass 6 years ago and walking through history as you do there it really brings home the horrific ordeal the prisoners of war went through. Great job Paddy.
Thanks!
This is why I subscribed to your channel 1 year ago. Great teacher combined with my beloved country.
You narrated it well. Informative 😊
Thank you! 🙂
G'day Paddy, well done mate.
You've just been anointed an honorary Aussie. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇹🇭
Thanks mate 😊
A very well narrated story about Hellfire Pass, probably one of the best videos about it on youtube
Another great video Paddy!!! Thanks for sharing a bit of history with us!!!
I thought this was your best video yet because you navigated such a tough subject with amazing sensitivity and thoughfullness. You are a true diplomat with a teachers heart!! I'm a 63 year old 3rd generation-Japanese American. As a person of Japanese heritage, I am alert to the atrocities Japan committed during WWII and the older I get, the more terrible things I learn. I heard about the stories this video, but the perspective and context you provided for how these things came about made a lot of sense to me. For a long time I had a couldn't understanding how Japan could've been so cruel and I still have a tough time with that, but the way you explain the situation in Japan at the time and about Emperor Hirohito put some of the pieces of the puzzle together for me. I ditto everyones compliments that wrote before me and appreciate their insights. Khaawp-khun khrap!
I really enjoyed this video. It‘s interesting to get to know some history aspects - but in a nicely compressed way! Thanks for that. Also: this haircut looks great on you, Paddy!
This is one of your best videos, excellent, thank you!
I have enjoyed all your videos, but I really think this one is some of your finest work, thank you Paddy.
Very well told and presented! All your videos are great!
Fantastic video Paddy! You really are a great teacher. You pesented facts to show each sides mindset and reasons why they reacted how they did. You really create a thirst for more knowledge.
Thanks so much
One of your best albeit a very sombre vlog. You presented that brilliantly Paddy and I learnt plenty. Thankyou so much :)
Well done. You and Pete of Thairish Times have done an excellent job giving a feel of the history and suffering during the war.
We are keen followers of your channel and as a couple of boomers in Australia particularly enjoyed your telling of this compelling part of history. The suffering and hardship of these young men is beyond comprehension. You told their story with such great respect and compassion.
@paddy easily one of your top 5 videos. respectfully told of this brutal event in Thai history. you should definitely do more of these documentary type edits … fascinating and always good to learn 👍🏻
One of your best Paddy, well done 👍
Well done Paddy I really enjoyed this episode. Well done explaining the sad history of this area. It upsets me every trip.
One of the best videos you’ve made.
Fantastic video. I really enjoyed learning. I will definitely visit the museum this year and can't wait to see the beautiful nature in part 2.
good job again, Paddy! All your videos are so great! everyday i am checking if there are new featrues from you and every time there is, i become happy! keep on the great work. many regards, Andy from Belgium!
Excellent video paddy....very important for people to know this history....well done.
Really enjoyed this video and being able to learn about some of the history. You are a good story teller!
Very moving movie Paddy you have captured the feeling so well 😔
Very informative too. Well done this will help keep alive a part of history that should never be forgotten.
Thanks for watching Mark!
Wow, Paddy what a great vid. It was too short. Amazing how you kept me glued. I Loved the history. Keep going Mr Doilie 😂😂😂.
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My issues to rest!! Thanks Paddy!! Such a emotional video that people need to see. Safe travels
This was very interesting, thanks for doing this video!
Very nicely narrated Khru Paddy. Been there twice, going again with my son hopefully this year. This vlog will be a great source for him to learn the subject before we go.
The curator who set up that museum is a very clever communicator. 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing the history. Id love to see you do more of these types of videos.
Thank you so much for this video. looking forward for more like this video with history/story.
Thanks 😊
Watched it again as I often watch your stuff multiple times. I have seen a number of utubers do this one . I think Thailand bound was the last I saw . You did an epic job . It is very apparent how your making the effort to evolve your channel . Great stuff Paddy.
Thanks mate 😊
@@PaddyDoyle. most welcome
One of the more interesting vids I’ve seen about Kanchanaburi/Hellfire Pass. Good job. 👍
You are a good story teller. History well narrated. Thanks for the research and history of that railway. Much appreciated .
Such a brilliant vlog Paddy. Thank-you for presenting in such a way that shows respect to all involved.
I love this region of Thailand and have been to Hellfire Pass a few times on Rememberence Day 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇹🇭🙏 Such a beautiful but solemn place 🙏
Thanks again mate, my Thai family and I love your content 👍
One of your best videos, Paddy. I have goose bumps imagining the angst those men endured. Thank you for presenting it so poignantly.
Awesome episode. Really enjoyed the history
I really appreciate how you focus on the psychological aspects from both sides and it must have been even harder to walk through it as a British person still trying to understand how this could have happened.
And seriously, your speaking skills and voice are radio-quality amazing😳 👏
Well done. Glad you made this a stand alone episode
Paddy,,,, that was outstanding. Your summary has provided me with a compelling desire to follow your footsteps with a motorcycle ride next month to pay homage to all those who persevered in this era so we can live as we do today. I look forward to building upon the historical aspects you've revealed on this thought provoking trip to Kanchanaburi. Thanks Prof!
Good editing and your conclusion about story of this rail line was pretty clear
Oh wow...I'm impressed with your footages of this video. You're awesome
Great job with the well researched and beautifully presented history.
Thanks Paddy, a good rehearsal of some of the cultural factors that led to the brutality of the POW's treatment. Being a child of the generation who fought that war, I knew a bit about how the POWs were treated, but hadn't really understood much about the reasons. Good to hear a more balanced account of the events, it doesn't detract from the grimness but focuses on the awfulness of war itself rather than blame and hatred toward the former enemy which was almost inevitably part of my parent's generation's account.
Interesting and well made video (despite the minor anachronism of the references to 'jets' 🙂)
Well done Paddy, that was a very well researched and poignant account of the story, great to see you back on your travels and especially in Kanchanaburi which is possibly my favorite place to visit for many reasons.
I'm so happy to hear that, thanks 😊
@@PaddyDoyle. I just watched the interview with the young Irish lad, very good. You spoke about content and how difficult to know what will attract high views. I would be really interested in how this one does, I suspect you will be really surprised
I loved hearing about this! Thank u for doing all the research
Thanks for this, it's a great little history lesson and refresher
Iv'e watched this 3 times now and get more from it! DO MORE OF THIS !
Mate what a great vlog that was. Love the way you told the story. Will be visiting Kanchanaburi is March when we return to Thailand for a months holiday.
Thanks Paddy. Great video. I took my adult son to hellfire pass in 2006. As a couple of Aussies we found it very moving along with the cemetery in Kanchanaburi.
Thanks Paddy, awesome as always mate. We only got as far as the bridge on our whirlwind race around, hope to retrace later this year and take in some of the extra places like this on a more refined travel schedule 555.
Man I really really really like these kind of video, I'm sick of all these vloggers doing the same boring food videos, this is the real deal, history!
Been there 3 times and still found your video interesting . Well done
thanks Paddy for this amazing video. I'm enjoying the historical facts.
tastefully done Paddy. History is connected to our present day life the good and the bad. I liked the 2 part video. thanks
Nicely done video pqddy and good to split it from the next shows respect
I'm just back from Thailand and I visited Kanchanaburi and Hellfire Pass with my sister. We did the full walk from the Interpretation Centre to Hintok Road and back. Very tough, humid and hot. We had plenty of water but it gave us something of an appreciation of the hell these guys endured building this railway.
Well done Paddy! Excellent video. 👍
Excellently put together Paddy a lovely tribute to those who perished… well done ❤️
I thought the video was too short. The way you explained the events was easy to follow and at point emotional. Thank you.
You are a good story teller.
Really injoyed it.
Keep them coming
By far one of your best videos paddy.
Absolutely superb presentation of such a poignant part of our history Paddy. Beautifully done ❤️
War is horrific and heartbreaking. Never seems to end. Thank you for telling the factual side of this time in history. Through your travels I have learned so much about Thailand. You are an excellent teacher and storyteller. Your students must have learned so much from you.
Well done Paddy really enjoyed this and very informative 👏
Your best post by far. Thanks
My great uncle was a pow on hellfire it’s a very harrowing place for me, I was only a little kid and never knew why he was a nutter, then travelling Thailand and learning what they endured thru their captivity it was all clear!
Thanks for paying homage mate
Your best work. Australians see this episode as an important part of their military history. A sacred place for many.