Chonburi is located south east of Bangkok, approximately 80 km away. It can be reached in a little over an hour. Chonburi itself means “City of Water” and is known as the nearest seaside escape from Bangkok because of its beautiful beaches. It’s not as mainstream as Pattaya but that is part of the charm.
A must visit in Chonburi is Ang Sila seafood market. Here you can get fresh seafood with ridiculously cheap prices. Many restaurants and people from Bangkok come to this market to buy the seafood, and sell them in Bangkok. The market is very huge and it’s recommended to come early to enjoy the freshest catch-of-the-day.
The market opens daily as early as 4AM and you can choose to go to the wet market area for fresh products or the ready-to-eat area which sells mostly dried/salted seafood.
It’s just one of the things to do and experience in Thailand. Seafood is an integral part of Thai culture and markets like this are a great way to spend a few hours taking it all in.
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Wat Tham Krabok วัดถ้ำกระบอก, Temple of the Bamboo Cave, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Phra Phutthabat District of Saraburi Province, Thailand.
Wat Tham Krabok is a Buddhist temple located in the Phra Phutthabat District of Saraburi Province, Thailand. It was first established as a monastery in 1957 by a Buddhist nun, Mian Parnchand (generally known as Luang Por Yai), and her two nephews, Chamroon and Charoen Parnchand. The temple was granted official 'Wat' status in 2012.
Wat Tham Krabok is known for its heroin and opium drug rehabilitation program, which was started in 1959. Over 100,000 heroin and opium addicts have since gone through the detox program, which consists of Buddhist meditation, induced vomiting, and the consumption of a secret detoxification potion composed of many different herbs.
In addition to its drug rehabilitation program, Wat Tham Krabok has also served as a refuge for Hmong refugees. After the end of the Vietnam War in the late 1970s, the ...
Prasat Ku Ka Sing ปราสาทกู่กาสิงห์
Substantial-sized, partially intact, temple situated within the grounds of Wat Burapha in Ku Ka Sing Town in the southern reaches of Roi Et province.
The vestiges display a classic, mid-period, Khmer sanctuary layout with a central shrine featuring a pair of adjacent, connecting towers and an east-facing porch, while a surrounding laterite wall includes four, large cruciform gopuras. A pair of libraries sit in the southeast and northeast quadrants. The latter are particularly large, almost equal in size to the main shrine. There are traces of a now dry, probably horse-shoe-shaped, moat.
The structure's base, enclosing wall and libraries use laterite while the central shrine shows sandstone blocks in its lower sections topped with walls of brick. (Most of the upper parts of the towers and roofs are today missing.) Several, additional sandstone elements such as window and door frames as well as colonettes and lintels are on site and the...
Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi - ปราสาทสระกำแพงน้อย
Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi is a historical site located in Si Saket Province, Thailand. It is a hospital chapel or Arogayasala built by Jayavarman VII, situated in a modern monastery. The site consists of a small redented tower built in laterite, facing east and located in a small enclosure of 35 x 20 meters. This structure was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII in the Bayon style of late 12th to early 13th century as the chapel for an hospital. The site is a shrine of the Mahayana Buddhists.
The site is also known for its architectural features, including a big pond at the front and it is surrounded by laterite walls. It was once used for religious purposes and later served as a community hospital during the 13th century.
Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi is located approximately 8 kilometers from Si Sa Ket itself and easy to access by the main road that passes right next to the temple.
The site is...
