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This is not the wooden bridge, built by British POWs, featured in the movie, but a new railroad bridge, although the pilings
of the original one can be seen alongside.
Nearby also, the graves of the British POWs- prisoners of the Japanese- who built the railroad during World War 11.
It was on the river that I met three Singapore friends, on one of the famous Longboats, often seen on television travelogues.
These friends and I were in the middle of the bridge when a train approached. It was a military train which doesn't slow down
for anybody. Most tourists fled, but we huddled in a signal alcove- four of us- with little room to spare!
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| Audrey, breathing a sigh of relief! |
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