it is on the road that runs from the bridge to Sai Yok national park,
the center is operated as a non profit organisation, maintained by the Australians, so the entrance is free but donations are gratefully accepted,
looking down the trail from the observation point,
and across the valley,
the bowl of remembrance,
whilst there I spotted this strange looking fruit, I do not have a clue what it is,
two of the railway spikes,
Diana looking at the story of the horrors that happened here,
everything is laid out with informative plaques along the way,
maps as well, I did read the information at the start of one of the walks, from memory it said 'do not attempt this if you are unfit or have medical problems' boy I wish I took notice of that one!
everything was nicely kept clean,
memorials were placed along the walk,
sad indeed to think of what happened here,
this is Hellfire Pass, cut through by hand for the railway,
these are the steps that lead back to the center,
I had to catch my breath more than a few times, Steve on the other hand who runs marathons, had no problems at all,
the memorial,
one of the wagons that was used to move waste from the pass,
it does not look it but these steps were steep and there were lots of them,
then we went back to the river but stopped off on the way to buy some food,
whilst there I spotted two plants I had not seen before, the one above was growing in some damp soil near the shop,
strange looking flowers,
but on closer inspection I think it is the central stem of an arum lily the outer petals fall away leaving the seed bearing stamen, so back into the mini bus and off to the river,
whilst walking back we spotted this little chap, I do not know what it is but with black and yellow markings I guess it bites or tastes unpleasant,
then the girls went into a cooking fest!
getting ready for our last meal on the river,
the entrance to our bedroom on the right,
the sun is setting and the lights go on,
the gas lamp worked really well,
so we settled down to our last evening meal on the river,
our mini bus driver as usual joined us for the meal,
lots of food and a few drinks!
the resort on the other side of the river,
a last night time look at our bedroom,
after eating Steve decided to lay back and look at the stars,
then Kai did as well,
next morning we were up bright and early, we had a chat with the owner, he had taken this place over a couple of years ago, but had lived on the river for 20 years, his hotel is inspected every month by the government to make sure that standards of hygiene are kept as the resort is in a national park,
every thing was spick and span,
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