Photo: The Death Railway

During World War II, the Japanese used Allied prisoners of war and conscripted Asian laborers to build a railway linking Thailand and Burma. The project swallowed more than 100,000 lives and today most of the railway--which is also known as the Thailand-Burma Railway--has been dismantled. The section that still remains links the Thai towns of Kanchanaburi and Nam Tok, a two and a half hour journey costing foreign tourists about three dollars. This photo was taken on the Krasae Viaduct, where the train moves slowly as visitors look down on a river below.