Ko Samui is a very well-known island, situated in the Gulf of Thailand, 84 kilometers eastward to Surat Thani Province. The area covers approximately 247 square kilometers. There are roads and streets (Tawee Rat Pakdee Roads) around the island with 53 kilometers long. One-third of...
Ko Samui is a very well-known ...
Read MorePhayathakam House is the shrine of Phaya Thakam, the legendary crocodile of Punpin....
Phayathakam House is the shrin...
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Chaiya National museum is located in Tambon Wiang, opposite Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya Ratchaworawihan. This is a national museum in the category of history and archaeology. The first building on the front part displays stone and bronze sculptures excavated from the old town of Chaiya;...
Chaiya National museum is loca...
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Wat Khao Suwan Pradit Phrakhru Suwanpraditkan or Luangpho Choi, a famous Buddhist monk master of the South, pioneered the construction of the temple. He died in 1993 and his body has been kept in a glass coffin in the ordination hall. On the mountaintop is...
Wat Khao Suwan Pradit Phrakhru...
Read MoreThe park is about to be established and is located in Tambon Khlong Sok, Phanom district, with an area of 2,900,000 rai. It is limestone mountains that are complex with the forest full of trees. There are many small streams flowing to combine with Klong...
The park is about to be establ...
Read MoreHainanese Shrine of Ban Don enshrines the principal statue of the “Goddess Ma-zu” or “Goddess Tian-Hou”. On the right of Mazu statue, there is a statue of “Guandi” or “Guan Yu”, a god who is widely worshipped by Hainanese people; and statues of the 108...
Hainanese Shrine of Ban Don en...
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Chao Mae KuanIm Shrine is another sacred location of PhaNgan Island located at Moo 7, in Chalok Lam Village, PhaNgan sub-district, PhaNgan district, SuratThani province. The shrine was constructed following the dream of KhunMalawan. When she came to KohPhangan for a ceremony to present the...
Chao Mae KuanIm Shrine is anot...
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Ong Hokkien House was built as a worship place and a reminder of the ancestors. Three statues of Lae Hu Ong Ae Kong deities from Hokkien were enshrined as principle deities of the house. Two more goddesses: Guan Yin and Jaomae Tubtim were brought to...
Ong Hokkien House was built as...
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Ko Tao Ko Tao is an isolated island in the Gulf of Thailand, located 45 kilometers northwest of KoPhaNgan. In the past, the Department of Corrections used the island as a detention camp for political prisoners (The Bowondet Rebellion) under the rule of the People's...
Ko Tao Ko Tao is an isolated i...
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