Other sights in Chiang Khan
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Kaeng Khut Khu
The gorgeous rapids at Kaeng Khut Khu is about 5km downstream. It’s most beautiful in the dry, hot season, but worth the trip anytime. The surrounding park has a bevy of vendors selling Isan food into the early evening. The local speciality is coconut candy (má·prów gàaw), and you will also find gûng đên (dancing shrimp), little bowls of live shrimp meant for slurping down just as they come, on the menu. Sŏrng·tăa·ou rarely come out here, so take a túk-túk (50B), or better yet, hire a bike.
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Wat Si Khun Meuang
Chiang Khan’s wáts are modest, but have a particularly idiosyncratic style of architecture featuring colonnaded fronts. Many have sweeping Lao-style roofs and there’s often a touch of French influence. A good example is Wat Si Khun Meuang, which contains a Lao-style chedi and bòht, fronted by interesting murals, plus plenty of topiary.
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Wat Pa Klang
Chiang Khan’s wáts are modest, but have a particularly idiosyncratic style of architecture featuring colonnaded fronts. Many have sweeping Lao-style roofs and there’s often a touch of French influence. Wat Pa Klang contains a Lao-style chedi and bòht, fronted by interesting murals.
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Wat Thakhok
Chiang Khan’s wáts are modest, but have a particularly idiosyncratic style of architecture featuring colonnaded fronts. Many have sweeping Lao-style roofs and there’s often a touch of French influence. Wat Thakhok contains a Lao-style chedi and bòht, fronted by interesting murals.
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Wat Tha Khaek
Wat Tha Khaek is a ramshackle, 700-year-old forest temple housing three 300-year-old stone Buddha images. They sit on a ledge over a larger, modern Buddha in the wát’s still unfinished bòht. The temple is 2km before Kaeng Khut Khu.
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Wat Mahathat
Wat Mahathat, in the centre of town, is Chiang Khan’s oldest temple. The bòht, constructed in 1654, has a new roof over old walls with faded original murals on the front.
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