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Wat Khao Tham
With resident female monks, Wat Khao Tham, near Ban Tai, sits among the trees high on a hill. A bulletin board details a meditation retreat at the temple; see the website for details. Dont miss the temple hall at the top of the steps with the colourful glass, housing a sleeping Bud
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Wat Thammikarat
To the west of Wat Ratburana, this temple is a pleasant place to sit among the ruins. The most prominent feature is a central chedi surrounded by singha (guardian lion) sculptures. Local people believe the temple predated the Ayuthaya period, a claim unsupported by architectural ev
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Matsayit Klang
Thailand’s second-largest mosque is the Matsayit Klang, a traditional structure with a green hue that is probably still the south’s most important mosque. It was built in the 1960s. Non-Muslims can enter outside of prayer times.
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Hat Sai Khao
The longest, most luxurious stretch of sand on the island is packed with package-tour hotels and serious sunbathers. Head to the north section of the beach to find the more secluded backpacker spot. Along the main road, the village is busy and brash – but comes with all the necessa
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Chao Leh Museum
If you crave information on culture, stop by this museum, where you’ll find a complex of traditionally lashed bamboo homes, engaging oil canvases and exhibits detailing their myths, music and ceremonies. To find it, look for the houseboat jutting from the hillside across the road f
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Khao Khanap Nam
It’s possible to climb one of these two limestone massifs, just north of the town centre. A number of human skeletons were found in the caves here, thought to be the remains of people trapped during an ancient flood. To get here, charter a long-tail boat from Khong Kha pier for abo
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Farm Chokchai
Farm Chokchai is a 3200-hectare dairy farm overflowing with cowboy kitsch. The expanding empire now includes an ice-cream parlour, steakhouse, souvenir shop and safari-style tented camp (weekday/weekend 3735/4270B per adult). Tours visit the milking parlour, a petting zoo and a cow
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Museum of Phitsanulok
A new but bare-bones museum with mostly text-based displays on local history and culture. Upstairs are additional displays on the five southernmost provinces of northern Thailand – Phetchabun, Phichit, Tak, Phitsanulok and Uttaradit – but virtually none of the information is in En
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Saphan Phut Night Bazaar
On the Bangkok side of Tha Saphan Phut, this night market has bucketloads of cheap clothes, late-night snacking and a lot of people-watching. As Chatuchak Weekend Market becomes more design-orientated, Saphan Phut has begun filling the closets of fashion-forward, baht-challenged te
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Queen’s Gallery
This royal-funded museum presents five floors of rotating exhibitions of modern and traditionally influenced art. The building is sleek and contemporary and the artists hail from the upper echelons of the conservative Thai art world. The attached shop is filled with fine-arts books
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Wat Chedi Jet Thaew
Next to Wat Chang Lom, these ruins contain seven rows of chedi, the largest of which is a copy of one at Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai. An interesting brick-and-plaster wí·hăhn features barred windows designed to look like lathed wood (an ancient Indian technique used all over Southeas
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Talat Noi
This microcosm of soi life is named after a small (nóy) market (đà·làht ) that sets up between Soi 22 and Soi 20, off Th Charoen Krung. Wandering here you’ll find streamlike soi turning in on themselves, weaving through noodle shops, grease-stained machine shops and people’s livi
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Si Nakharin National Park
The 1500-sq-km park is dominated by the Si Nakharin Reservoir. The seven-tiered Huay Mae Khamin waterfall, close to the park entrance, is regarded as one of Thailand’s most beautiful falls. Flowing from limestone mountains, its waters drop seven levels along a route stretching more
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Prap Haw Monument
This monument commemorates the Haw Wars, fought from 1865 to 1890, during which bands of Chinese military gangs (called Flag Gangs) fleeing Chinese mainstream forces pillaged Lao and bordering Thai towns until they were eventually pushed back by a combination of Thai and French for
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Roi Et Aquarium
This little aquarium with a walk-through tunnel houses fish found around Isan. Most of the tanks are rather plain and sad, but the walk-through tank has some rather large river fish. If you dont have a chance to see the aquariums in Nong Khai or Nakhon Phanom, its probably worth a
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National Park
The national park is divided into four units, with offices at Ban Khlong Son, Tha Than Mayom, Ban Salak Phet, and just west of Nam Tok Khlong Plu. Entry fees are collected at any one of the four park offices. Keep your receipt as rangers may demand payment from visitors who don’t h
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Chedi Luang Phaw Uttama
Six hundred meters southeast of Wat Wang Wiwekaram, this striking stupa is constructed in the style of the Mahabodhi chedi in Bodhgaya, India. Its gold-painted art deco–like surface is full of niches holding little Buddha images. Around it are an unusual bell tower and another souv
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Ban Mae U Khaw
On the slopes of Doi Mae U Khaw, 25km from Khun Yuam via Rte 1263, is the Hmong village of Ban Mae U Khaw. During late November the area blooms with scenic Mexican sunflowers, known locally as dòrk boo·a đorng . This event is popular among Thais and accommodation in the town is boo
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Ko Khao Phing Kan
Ao Phang-Ngas top tourist drawcard is known to Thais as Ko Phing Kan (‘Leaning on Itself Island’). Once used as a location setting for The Man with the Golden Gun , today the island is packed with photo-snapping visitors and vendors hawking coral and shells that should have stayed
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Hin Muang
This lone coral outcrop in the middle of the sea, at a depth of about 19m to 24m, acts as an important feeding station for large pelagic fish; you might spot a few leopard sharks, groupers, barracudas, moray eels, tuna and occasional whale sharks and manta rays. Its named for its p
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