How was the 6th leg of MPPC?
In 6th leg of MPPC we ran along Thai-Burma Railway in Kanchanaburi, western province to Bangkok, Thailand from November 19 (Sat) through November 24 (Thu), 2005. This was a repeat trip of the first leg of 1994, adding this time a long trip to the border with Myanmar or Three Pagoda Pass, where once Thai-Burma Railway stretched. Some members of Thai Cycling Club ran with us, just as in 1st leg of MPPC or TBPC. Prof. UTSUMI Aiko (Keisen University), and Prof. TAKASHIMA Nobuyoshi (University of the Ryukyus) were among other members, that enabled us to listen to their invaluable lectures during the trip. We found for the first time in the world, except local people, the model of the Bridge on the River Kwai. We also visited a newly opened Museum of Seri Thai (Free Thai) Movement in Bangkok. It was the anti-Japanese movement shouldered by Thai ambassador to the US, scholarship students in the US and UK, as well as government officials and citizens in Thailand during the wartime, which large
