Wat Chalong Festival

Wat Chalong Festival

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February 27th 2007
Bea and I joined our new friends from England, Ray and Rita for a visit to the night festival at Wat Chalong. We got there very early (around 7PM) and only stayed for a couple of hours. As we were leaving the real crowds of people began to arrive. It got very crowded. We were lucky to get out when we did as the traffic was bumper to bumper making it very difficult to get out on the main road. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phuket

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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