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Thong Pha Phum |
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The halfway town of Thong Pha Phum is nestled under limestone
hills at the southern end of Vajiralongkorn Lake, 147 kilometres
from Kanchanaburi, 70 kilometres short of Sangkhlaburi and just
off Route 323.
Though it lacks the tourist amenities of
Kanchanaburi and the rustic appeal of Sangkhlaburi, it’s still
an attractive little town surrounded by a spectacular landscape.
With only a few narrow roads and a colourful market, facilities
for Western tourists are limited and the town can be easily
explored in a couple of hours. Locals are charming and seem
excited to see foreign travellers making time for their quaint
town, which offers a good opportunity to get off the beaten
track and see something different in the kingdom.
Until
the construction of Route 323, Thong Pha Phum was a remote
outpost of Kanchanaburi province, best known to Thais as one of
the last diehard communist strongholds during the 1970s.
Nowadays it’s better known to the trickle of Thai tourists who
stop here for its natural beauty. Vajiralongkorn Dam, which was
built in the early 1980s to create the lake that submerged old
Sangkhlaburi village, is found at the northern crest of Thong
Pha Phum and offers sweeping views of the valley and lake. |
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14.73721 N |
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