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Koh Panyee Muslim Village - Phang Nga

Koh Panyee Muslim Village - Phang Nga


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Blog: Koh Panyee - Another one of these ''out of this world'' places
Date: May 17th 2012

Another of these ''out of this world'' places - Ko Panyi (also known as Koh Panyee) is a fishing village in the Phang Nga Province, Thailand notable for being built on stilts by Indonesian fishermen. The population consists of roughly 200 families or between 1,500 and 2,000 people descended from 2 seafaring Muslim families from Java. According to wikipedia: In the late 2 ... read more


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