Feral Child

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Location

North-East of Bangkok / River Kwai / Wild nature / Bamboo deep forest location 

Situation

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From Bangkok

Access to site by Jungle Train to Namtok Station in Kanchanburi province + Bus tuk-tuk (10 mn) to Paksand Pier + Boat (around 4 hours from BKK). http://www.kanchanaburi-info.com/en/train.html

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History (Drama and Romance)

1) The Bridge on the River Kwai

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai (movie sequence…how to burn a million dollars props)

2) Ghosts on Kwai River…

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Article / Old ghosts haunt bridge over River Kwai

3) Shooting of ‘Deep Hunter’ with De Niro and Christopher Walken, living on the River Kwai Hotel

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Eco-Utopian ‘Mon’ Village and Floating Hotel by Jacques Bes (at the initiative and origin of this life-project) / In the 60s, Jacques Bes came initially in Thailand as an engineer for petrol refinery construction, and changed his mind to become the  vector of  preserving the ‘Mon’ culture and the Primitive Deep Forest around Kwai River, through economical exchanges (at the beginning of bio-tourism).

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