Sights in Mukdahan
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Hor Kaew Mukdahan
One of the most oddly out-of-place landmarks in all of Thailand, this 65m-tall tower was built for the 50th anniversary of King Rama IX's ascension to the throne. The nine-sided base has a good museum with displays (labelled in English) on the eight ethnic groups of the province. There are great views and a few more historical displays in 'The 360° of Pleasure in Mukdahan by the Mekong' room up at the 50m level. The ball on the top holds a locally revered Buddha image supposedly made of solid silver.
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Wat Si Mongkhon Tai
According to one of the many legends associated with it, this temple's 2m-tall Phra Chao Ong Luang Buddha image is older than the city itself and was unearthed during Mukdahan's construction. The ceramic-encrusted northern gate was built as a gesture of friendship by the city's large Vietnamese community in 1954.
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Phu Manorom
You can get a more organic view of Laos and the Mekong from this mountain further south. There's a nice little garden and a small temple. Tourism officials try to promote sunrise-watching here, but odds are it'll be just you and the monks.
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Wat Yod Kaeo Sivichai
This temple stands out for having its enormous Buddha inside a glass-walled wí·hăhn, and not one, but two small chedi modelled on Phra That Phanom.
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Wat Pa Silawiwet
It's the hundred or so resident monkeys rather than anything religious that makes this forest temple on the edge of town worth a visit.
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Talat Indojin
Other than the bridge, Mukdahan is best known for this riverside market, which stretches along and under the promenade. Most Thai tour groups on their way to Laos and Vietnam make a shopping stop for cheap food, clothing, assorted trinkets from China and Vietnam and silk and cotton fabrics made in Isan.
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