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Petchaburi
Palace and Thai Farm
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Petchaburi
Palace and Thai
Farm
A one hour-ride
leads you to Petchaburi,
60 km north of Hua
Hin. This busy commercial
center is famous
for its great many
temples (the mining
of diamonds= petch=however
finished long ago).
First you go to
the Wang hill near
to the city. On
the hilltop you
visit an old summer-palace
of King Rama 4th
and the scenic park.
After that you head
for the famous Mahatat
temple in Petchaburi,
a remarkable monument
of the centuries
old Khmer architecture,
an important spiritual
center of Buddhism
in Thailand till
today. In front
of the temple you
can admire traditional
Thai dances, too.
The next destination
is Khao Luang (royal
mountain), situated
about 4 km outside
the city. There
you enter an extended
natural cave. Its
several cavern are
filled with rows
of buddha-images
including a remarkable
large reclining
statue. Its particular
impressing at noon,
when the sunlight
floods into the
dome-shaped central
cave. Another 15
minutes ride passes
through rustic villages
and bright green
paddy fields. Finally
you reach a large
coconut plantation
and new tourist
territory. Inside
this ‘jungle
like plantation
lives a German expatriate
and raises fish
with his Thai family.
You have lunch on
the verandah of
a wooden Thai-house.
After lunch a short
boat-trip starts
in front of the
house. The narrow
tributary with its
lush tropical vegetation
flows soon afterwards
into the wider Petchaburi-River.
 The
small fishing-boat
passes along old
wooden Thai-style-houses,
along orchards,
tropical gardens,
palm trees and mangroves.
It heads for the
impressive Wat Khao
(temple on the hill).
Though famous in
Thailand, its barely
explored by western
tourists. The hilltop
provides fine views
of the surrounding
countryside. Back
at the farm you
visit the fish-pond,
accompanied by the
farmer
Includes:
lunch, all entrances,
boats trip and soft
drink in the car. |
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