Wat Phra Mahatat

Apparently it's almost as large as Wat Pho in Bangkok, and is the centrepiece of Nakhon, which used to be an ancient provincial capital. Housing a Buddha tooth and other relics, it's indeed very, very underrated, considering the handful of tourists I saw (I think I counted just two other falang)!

Nakhon Si Thammarat (20-22 Jan 13)

January 21st 2013
Continuing northwards, it was a 4h local bus ride to Nakhon Si Thammarat, the provincial capital, and second largest city in the south. It's right on the highway to the ferry jump-off point to Koh Samui (my next intended destination), so it seemed like a good place to drop by for a couple of days. Considering its location en route to the tourist and backpacker mecca that is Koh Samui, it's ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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