The Bridge is one of my Favorite Movies
[QUOTE=EihTooms;2238792]Well, you didn't mention it when you mentioned the Bridge and cemetery, I don't think I have seen it cited on the tour van banners, I have mentioned it to at least 3 tourists and expats who went there to see the Bridge and they didn't know it was there even though they are into WWII related topics, I only knew about it because I bothered to open a dusty brochure on a dusty rack at my nearby hotel, the hotel driver who took us from the hotel to the Bridge had no idea where it was even though it is within a 5 minute walk of the Bridge, we had to ask 3-4 vendors on the very soi it was located on where it was before we found one who knew (I was with a native Thai speaking gf, btw), when we got there we had to practically blow an air horn to pull an attendant out of hiding to sell us an entrance ticket and during the hour or so we were there on a Saturday with huge crowds down the soi gawking at the Bridge, we saw only three other couples and 1 family, all farangs except one couple, in the place.
It is much bigger than even we thought at first survey. It is three levels, indoors and outdoors, dozens of rooms and sections, some small and others as big as a warehouse. But you'd need to explore around a while to discover that. Imo, there is no way anyone could pop in for a few minutes just to check it out and make an informed opinion that there is nothing much to see here.
If I had to guess, I'd say the Thai Department of Tourism is not so keen about promoting that particular attraction as much as others because it doesn't exactly flatter their highly valued Japanese trade. But not so much that they would close it down and bury the artifacts. Purely a guess and speculation on my part, mind you. There sure were tons of Japanese tourists right outside taking photos of the latest version of the Bridge. But I did not see any in that WWII museum.[/QUOTE]But I have never been interested in going to the site. I don't know why, just after seeing the photos I was disappointed. I would argue with you on the point about offending the Japanese tourists. The number one tourist attraction in Honolulu is the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese arrive in bus loads. The numbers are amazing.
RL.