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Wat Khao Kong
The tallest seated-Buddha image in southern Thailand is at Wat Khao Kong, 6km southwest on the way to the train station in Tanyongmat. Located in a park, the image is 17m long and 24m high, and made of reinforced concrete covered with tiny gold-coloured mosaic tiles that glint magi
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Ao Thian
Ao Thian, or Candlelight Beach, is punctuated by big boulders that shelter small sandy spots, creating a castaway ambience. It remains one of Samet’s most easy-going beaches and is deliciously lonely on weekdays. On weekends, Bangkok university students serenade the stars with all-
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Langkawi Bird Paradise
While there are plenty of animals around (with an emphasis on exotic birds), the fact that feeding is encouraged, coupled with the relatively poor state of the animals’ environments, compels us to include this listing more as a discouragement than a recommendation. It’s located abo
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Kaeng Khut Khu
With the mountains making an attractive backdrop, this famous bend in the Mekong, and its small set of rapids, is a popular stop. The surrounding park has a bevy of vendors selling má·prów gâa·ou (coconut candy), the local speciality. Its 5km downstream from town; túk-túk drivers c
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Wihan Ji Gong
The citys newest Chinese temple is dedicated to Ji Gong, an eccentric and heavy-drinking Chinese monk (hes usually depicted with a bottle of wine) now worshipped as a deity who assists and heals people in need. It features an eye-catching octagonal tower with murals creatively done
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Wat Phra Narai Maharat
This large temple is of interest because of three holy Khmer sandstone sculptures that were unearthed here – Phra Narai (Vishnu) is the holiest. To see them, follow the signs with red arrows back to the special Naranya Temple at the southeast corner (the sculptures are enclosed in
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Memorial Bridge
To us it may look like an antiquated bridge, but to the thousands of Thais who stop here during the tourist season it’s one of several crucial photo ops along the ‘762 curves’ to Pai. Located 9km from Pai along the road to Chiang Mai, the bridge was originally built by Japanese sol
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Wat Khunaram
Several temples have the mummified remains of pious monks, including Wak Khunaram, which is south of Rte 4169 between Th Ban Thurian and Th Ban Hua. Its monk, Luang Phaw Daeng, has been dead for over two decades but his corpse is preserved sitting in a meditative pose and sporting
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Wat Jaeng
Founded around the same time as the city, Wat Jaeng has an adorable Lan Xang–style bóht (built in 1887) with large naga eave brackets on the sides, crocodiles along the stairs and Airavata with two mythical lions atop the carved wooden facade. A travelling market fills up the wàt g
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Monument of Merit
Humble brick obelisk in the northeast corner pf Thung Si Meuang park, erected by former allied-forces POWs (brought here for forced labour by the Japanese, who occupied Thailand during WWII) in gratitude for the secret assistance they received from ordinary Thai citizens while in t
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Kamphaeng Phet Regional Museum
Being renovated when we stopped by, the regional museum is a series of Thai-style wooden structures on stilts set among nicely landscaped grounds. There are three main buildings in the museum featuring displays ranging from history and prehistory to the various ethnic groups that i
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Border Market
Alongside Mae Nam Moei on the Thai side is an expansive market that sells a mixture of workaday Burmese goods, black-market clothes, cheap Chinese electronics and food, among other things. It’s 5km west of Mae Sot; sŏrng·tăa·ou depart from a spot on Th Chid Lom between approximatel
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Nam Tok Khlong Plu
Nam Tok Khlong Plu is an impressive (and popular) fall, is easily accessible from Ao Khlong Prao on the western coast. Set amid striking jungle scenery, the three-tiered fall is quickly reached by walking 600m along a well-marked, lush, jungle path. There’s a pool to cool off in af
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Wat Si Khun Mueang
The bóht (ordination hall) at Wat Si Khun Mueang, which probably dates to the Rama III era, is mostly Lao-style (in particular, note the sweeping roof), but it also freely mixes central (the lotus pillars) and northern (the guardian lions) Thai styling. Its fronted by a superb mura
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Tha Sadet Market
It is the most popular destination in town and almost everyone loves a stroll through this covered market. It offers the usual mix of clothes, electronic equipment, food and assorted bric-a-brac, most of it imported from Laos and China, but there are also a few shops selling quirky
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Tham Ta Khu Bi
From Ban Mae Klong Mai, just a few kilometres north of Um Phang via the highway to Mae Sot, Rte 1167 heads southwest along the Thai–Myanmar border. Along the way is the cave system of Tham Ta Khu Bi, which in Karen allegedly means ‘Flat Mango’. There are no guides here, so be sure
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Wat Trapang Thong
Next to the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, this small, still-inhabited wát with fine stucco reliefs is reached by a footbridge across the large lotus-filled pond that surrounds it. This reservoir, the original site of Thailand’s Loi Krathong festival, supplies the Sukhothai communit
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Chaweng
This is Ko Samui’s most popular spot – it’s the longest and most beautiful beach on the island. The sand is powder soft, and the water is surprisingly clear, considering the number of boats and bathers. Picture ops are best from the southern part of the beach, with stunning views o
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Ko Hin Ngam
Tiny Ko Hin Ngam (4km south of Ko Rawis southeastern end), is an excellent snorkelling spot which has underwater fields of giant clams, vibrant anemones and striped pebble beaches. Legend has it that these stones are cursed and anyone who takes one away will experience bad luck unt
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Crocodile Adventureland Langkawi
If you aren’t put off by the shop selling luxury handbags made from the skins of the farm’s former residents at the entrance to Crocodile Adventureland, the fact that the crocs are subjected to twice-daily ‘stunt’ shows and spend the rest of their time on display in small, dirty po
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