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	Three Pagodas Pass Summary
		Pagodas are technically better known as stupas, cone-shaped monumental structures built in memory of Buddha and often enshrining relics alleged to be of the Buddha himself or sacred images of him.
		Three Pagodas Pass (Thai: ด่านเจดีย์สามองค์, pronounced 'Darn Chedi Sam Ong') is a pass through the Bilauktaung Mountains on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, at an altitude of 282 metres.
		During the Ayutthaya period in Thai history (14th-18th centuries), the pass was the main invasion route for the Burmese, but was also occasionally used in the opposite direction by Thai armies.
	www.bookrags.com /Three_Pagodas_Pass (885 words)

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		Suzhou is famous for its beautiful bridges and pagodas and for its silk industry, which dates back to the Song dynasty...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=pagodas (307 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for pass
		One of the lowest mountain passes in Colorado, it was often used in the 19th cent.
		A railroad and highway cross the pass en route to the Afghanistan frontier.
		Zeolites and associated minerals of the Wolf Creek pass area: mineral and Archuleta Counties Colorado.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=pass&StartAt=11 (899 words)

	Three Pagodas Pass travel guide - Wikitravel
		Three Pagodas Pass (Thai: ด่านเจดีย์สามองค์ Darn Chedi Sam Ong) is on the Thai-Myanmar border, but only accessible to foreigners from the Thai side.
		The Three Pagodas Pass was for centuries along the main land route between India and South East Asia.
		At the final songthaew stop either walk (head for the Three Pagodas and then turn right) or take a motorbike to the border (you'll be very limited in what you'll be able to visit without a motorbike).
	wikitravel.org /en/Three_Pagodas_Pass (608 words)

	The Book of Threes - Nature
		The three Greek column classifications are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
		The three principal ways of organizing a business are: as a sole proprietorship, as a partnership, or as a corporation.
		A bark is a sailing vessel with three masts.
	threes.com /cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=4&id=73&Itemid=51 (777 words)

	Pagoda — Infoplease.com
		pagoda - pagoda pagoda, name given in the East to a variety of buildings of tower form that are usually...
		Three Pagodas Pass - Three Pagodas Pass Three Pagodas Pass, mountain pass, alt.
		Chinese architecture: The Pagoda - The Pagoda In the first centuries A.D., the coming of Buddhism did not strongly affect the Chinese...
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/pagoda.html (147 words)

	imna
		The Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) of Three Pagoda Pass has decided to start rebuilding the famous Death Railway from Thanthyuzayard in Burma to Three Pagoda Pass near the Thai border in the next six months.
		The decision of the township to rebuild the railway was reached during an official meeting in Three Pagoda Pass from April 10 to 11.
		The township also plans to finish a paved road about nine miles from Chaung Zone village to Three Pagoda Pass, which is part of the highway through Mon State to the Thai border, during the six-month period.
	www.monnews-imna.com /web2006/april/11_2.htm (420 words)

	GB.273/MYANMA8F - Governing Body
		Even though he had this pass, he was seen by some soldiers, who hit him with the butt of a rifle and arrested him, then used him as a porter.
		Three days after arriving home, he was arrested by the military to work on the construction of the airport at Indagaw.
		Three hundred and fifty people worked at the same time as him, including both men and women, the youngest of whom were ten years old.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb273/myanma8f.htm (13156 words)

	The 4th Anti-Tank Regiment - Tid-Apa - Hellfire Pass
		Three decades later a village had been developed on the site of the old Prisoner of War camp with a restaurant and shop overlooking the original steel bridge.
		During excavation of 'Hellfire Pass', the sound of the sledge hammers bashing against the steel taps would reverberate around the cutting, hence some Prisoners of War know it as 'Hammer and Tap' cutting.
		Throughout the 'Hellfire Pass' cutting the rockface is still scarred by the drill holes.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~antitank/Publications/Tid-Apa/Chapters/Hellfire_Pass/hellfire_pass.htm (2574 words)

	Another SE Asian poisoned village
		Sangkhalaburi -- An antimony manufacture plant located at the Three Pagodas Pass border town was shut down for four days following employee protests over health concerns of workers and the local community, sources from the border town said.
		"Three Pagodas Pass residents protested last week and the plant was shut down for four days last week; today it reopened after bribing SPDC authorities," a Mon national who wishes not to be named due to security reasons said.
		The plant is owned by Nawarat of Thailand who signed a contract with the Rangoon government to process the metal in an area under the control of the Karen National Union.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press889.htm (514 words)

	THREE STAGE HISTORY OF THE THREE PAGODAS FAULT, WESTERN THAILAND
		The Three Pagodas Fault Zone (TPFZ) encompasses a 50 km wide zone defined by numerous fault traces and strike ridges of Paleozoic limestone.
		The most obvious of these is the Baan Song Kalia segment near Three Pagodas Pass, which dextrally offsets several drainages by a few to tens of meters.
		Thus, the TPFZ appears to have had three distinct episodes of slip: a early Tertiary sinistral period, followed by mid-late Tertiary dextral transtension and late-Tertiary to Holocene dextral transpression.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_74694.htm (511 words)

	Thailand.com - Destination Travel Guides!
		The three diminutive white-washed chedis (pagodas) of the Three Pagodas Pass are rather an anti-climax after the long and arduous journey it takes to get to the site.
		For centuries, the Three Pagodas Pass has acted as a trading point for Thais and Burmese.
		Visitors to the area are usually permitted to cross the border on a one-day visa (depending on the current political situation) to the Burmese town of Pyathonzu.
	www.thailand.com /travel/destination/dest_central_kanchanaburi_threepagodas.htm (224 words)

	Kanchanaburi
		The rails were finally joined 37km south of the Three Pagodas Pass, a Japanese brothel train inaugurated the line.
		The purpose of the project is to honor the Allied POW and Asian conscripts who died while constructing some of the most difficult stretches of the Burma-Thailand death railway, 80km northwest of Kanchanaburi.
		At the far end of the cutting is a memorial plaque fasten to solid stone, commemorating the death of the Allied prisoners.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/thailand_kanchanaburi.html (1137 words)

	Kanchanaburi & River Kwai Sightseeing : Thailand Travel Guide : About Thailand : West : Western Hills : To Do & ...
		So there was nothing original when the Japanese chose the route through the Three Pagodas Pass to invade Burma in World War II - apart from the deaths of so many non-combatants and use of railway technology.
		The Three Pagodas Pass border crossing is now a simple trading/smuggling post and the three small, white washed pagodas are memorials of the invasion route.
		The pass is in Sangkhla Buri district, a mix of Thai with Karen and Mon communities by the large lake created behind the Khao Laem Dam on the Kwai Noi river.
	www.siamwanderer.com /Regions/West/whill21.html (923 words)

	cockatoo.com / Dali / attractions in Dali / Three Pagodas
		The Three Pagodas, though not as famous as those on the Three Pagodas Pass between Thailand and Myanmar, are among the oldest still-existing architectural structures in all of Southwestern China.
		The tallest of the three was built in the 9th century and reaches a height of some 70 meters.
		A temple behind the pagodas is a fine example of traditional Yunnanese architecture.
	www.cockatoo.com /english/yunnan/yunnan_dali_pagodas.htm (81 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling
		At 90km, they arrived at the Three Pagodas Pass for a U-turn, which meant the riders reached the halfway point of the stage.
		The three little pagodas are memorials of an important routing of the troops during a war from the Ayutthaya period.
		At this point, the three leaders still had over four minutes, but the peloton worked to catch the five chasers.
	www.cyclingnews.com /road.php?id=road/2007/jan07/siam07/siam074 (1487 words)

	Historical Fact on the Burma Death Railroad Thailand Hellfire pass Prisoners conditions
		One of the prime reasons for the construction of the railway by the Japanese was to overcome the total reliance on sea transport as the only means of supplying Burma once the country was under their control by June 1942.
		The wooden bridge was dismantled and removed as it was completely blocking the river, while the steel bridge was repaired by the Japanese using two box girder sections to replace the three damaged semi-eliptic spans.
		The town was foundedby King Rama I against a possible invasion by Burmese soldiers through Three Pagodas Pass.
	www.hellfirepass.com /historical_facts_hellfire_pass.html (1517 words)

	Royal Orchid Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He passed away in July 1993 and, in accordance with his wishes, his ashes were interred in Hell Fire Pass at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service on 25 April 1994.
		The drive north to Three Pagodas today is all beauty, a far cry from the hell that it was 60 years ago.
		There’s a plaque near the Three Pagodas that gives the engraved story of the building of the railroad that includes a map and the number of the casualties of those who built the railroad, and the countries they were from.
	www.thaiair.com /Royal_Orchid_Holidays/Roh_travel_feature/rohweekly-41tharticle-1.htm?GXHC_JSESSIONID=21dd10183083c82e& (1461 words)

	The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		No reason has been given for the ban at the Three Pagodas Pass, and sources told The Irrawaddy it could be extended to other Burma-Thailand crossings soon.
		The Three Pagodas timber ban took effect on June 3.
		There are at least 80 furniture factories in the area around Three Pagodas Pass and many local people earn a living in timber-related jobs.
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=5843&z=154 (286 words)

	THREE PAGODAS PASS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Three Pagodas Pass has for centuries been a gateway for Thai-Burmese trade.
		The only reasonably accessible border crossing-point for hundreds of kilometres it was also the invasion route most favoured by Burmese armies during the Ayudhaya period (1350-1767) and more recently a terminal on the Death Railway during the Second World War.
		Continue to the Three Pagodas Pass 20 kilometres from Sangkhla Buri.
	cybermall.inet.co.th /ETC/3pagodas.html (339 words)

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		The move followed Thailand's closure over the weekend of the Three Pagodas Pass checkpoint in Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district and the Singkhon border pass in Prachuap Khiri Khan, in protest against the abductions of two Thai border patrol policemen.
		Thailand reopened the Singkhon border pass immediately after the officers were released on Monday, and the Three Pagodas Pass checkpoint yesterday.
		Before the Three Pagodas Pass was re-opened, Thai representatives held negotiations with senior Burmese officers to ensure the safety of Thai traders and tourists near the border checkpoint.
	www.rebound88.net /07/mar/28.html (1680 words)

	Asiatour.com / central Thailand / Kanchanaburi / Three Pagodas Pass
		The Three Pagodas Pass lies between Thailand and Burma at the northernmost point of Kanchanaburi Province, near the town of Sangkhla Buri.
		The three small pagodas aren't in the best condition anymore but in their partially crumbled form they correspond well with the rough terrain.
		The pass is the only crossing between Burma and Thailand for many hundreds of kilometers and it has been for centuries the classic entry point for Burmese armies, out to conquer Thailand, or Thai armies, on their way to capture western Burmese cities such as Tenesserim and Tavoy.
	www.asiatour.com /thailand/e-04cent/et-ce194.htm (492 words)

	Bridge on the River Kwai - Real Story 2
		We were confronted with the spectacle of three sailors, each tied to a wooden pole.
		A Jap officer explained that these three chaps had escaped from the camp, but were soon caught and were now waiting to be executed.
		The railway was completed on the 17th October 1943 at Konkuita in Thailand, not far from the Three Pagodas Pass.
	www.historyinfilm.com /kwai/fred.htm (5457 words)

	Kanchanaburi-info.com: SANGKHLABURI Three Pagodas Pass Wat Wang Wiwekaram Wooden Mon Bridge Sawan Budarn Cave Dai Chong ...
		Sangkhlaburi is located 230 km to the north of the province and borders to Burma at Three Pagodas Pass to Muang Phya Tong Sue which is the commercial area of Myanmar and famous for wooden furniture.
		It was the gateway for the overland trade route from the Gulf of Martaban and the Gulf of Siam - the conduit for the culture, religion, and political institutions of India.
		Its pagoda was built in the style similar to Pha Phutta Khaya in India and its temple is housed with huge Buddha image made of marble.
	www.kanchanaburi-info.com /en/sangkhla.html (820 words)

	Kra Isthmus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Isthmus of Kra marks the boundary between two parts of the central cordillera, the mountain chain which runs from Tibet through all of the Malay peninsula.
		The southern part is called the Phuket chain, the northern part is the Tenasserim chain, which continues for 400km until the Three Pagodas Pass.
		As the Malay Peninsula enlarges the shipping routes around Asia significantly, a canal through the Kra Isthmus was suggested as early as 1677, when the Thai King Narai the Great asked the French engineer de Lamar to survey the possibility of building a waterway to connect Songkhla with Marid (now Myanmar).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kra_Isthmus (512 words)

	Burma/ Myanmar/ Mon News
		The villagers from Kyaw-pulu village in sub Three Pagodas Pass Township, Karen State have taken to this medicine about three months ago, according to a villager in the know of things.
		The cover of the tin has an inscription in Thai language and is made in Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) Town because the brokers bring it from there.
		Most villagers in Ywa-thit, Kyaw-palu from Sub TPP Township and Wei-thalee village from Kya Inn Seikyi Township also use the medicine for increasing their ability.
	www.monnews-imna.com /newsupdate.php?ID=471 (374 words)

	The Death Railway
		Punishments included savage beatings, being made to kneel on sharp sticks while holding a boulder for one to three hours at a time and being tied to a tree with barbed wire and left there for two to three days without any food or water.
		It is thought that at least 80,000 of these laborers met unfortunate and untimely deaths but the number could even be as high as 150,000 as no records of them were kept.
		The remains of about 12,000 prisoners lie in three cemeteries at Kanchanaburi, Chungkai (which is across the river and about two km down the road from Kanchanaburi) and Thanbyuzayat in Burma.
	www.scottmurray.com /bridge.htm (2089 words)

	Kanchanaburi, Central Region of Thailand (Isaan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Three Pagodas line up between Thailand and Myanmar as the border at the northernmost point in Amphoe Sangkhla Buri about 18 kilometers from Amphoe Thong Pha Phum.
		Near the Pass on the other side of the border is a small community and market of Mon people who sell goods to tourists.
		Its Pagoda was built in the style of Phara Phuttha Khaya in India.
	www.thaiwebsites.com /provinces/kanchanaburi.htm (1338 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Three Pagodas Pass - the famous pass between Thailand and Myanmar.
		At the final destination of the Pickup you can either walk (head for the Three Pagodas and then turn right) to the border or take a motorbike.
		There is also the possibility to take a bus directly from Kanchanaburi to the Three Pagodas Pass.
	www.wiki-news.markpol.biz /Kanchanaburi_(province) (332 words)

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