Comments on: Kanchanaburi Selfie Attractions: Bridge on the River Me, Myself and Kwai

By: Marcelle

Marcelle — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:03:40 +0000

This was really well done, Ivan. Thanks for sharing. The silly selfies at such a place of torment and death is shameful. On another note – I watched the trailer for the movie you have linked. The upbeat, rather patriotic sounding music they used in the trailer does not match the grotesque situation! I’ve never seen the whole movie, so maybe the music is approproate at some point – it just seemed misplaced there.

By: Ivan Kralj

Ivan Kralj — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:32:54 +0000

In reply to Charles Prevatte.

I think there are DEFINITELY ways to take a selfie even on the Bridge on the River Kwai, and not cross the line of respect. As long as you are not balancing on the train tracks, as long as you are not making funny faces or poses, as long as you control the body language with the history of the bridge in mind, I’m sure you could do it without feeling shame. Then again, maybe it comes down to what do you do with the final photo – does it go to a private archive as your personal memory, or it becomes a public/promotional/social media proof of the fact that YOU have visited THE bridge? 🙂

By: Charles Prevatte

Charles Prevatte — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:08:15 +0000

I must admit as a WW2 History nut, I would want a selfie on that bridge also. I just hope I could do it in a respectful way to the Soldiers (POWs) that died building the railway.