Sights in Yasothon & Mukdahan Provinces
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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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Phu Pha Thoep National Park
Although little more than a speck of a reserve at just 48 sq km, hilly Phu Pha Thoep National Park, also known as Mukdahan National Park, has some beautiful landscapes and is scattered with unusual mushroom-shaped rock formations. The main rock group sits immediately behind the visitor centre, and wildflowers bloom here in October and November. The park is 15km south of Mukdahan off Rte 2034.
For accommodation, you have a choice of camping or the three-bedroom bungalow that can sleep six.
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Wat Srimahapo
Wat Srimahapo, sometimes called Wat Pho Si, is in Ban Wan Yai. You’d never expect its tiny bòht, built in 1916, to be worth a look, but inside, elaborately carved beams hold up the tin roof and interesting naive murals cover the walls. The Buddhas that greet you once had holes cut over their hearts to receive blessings, but they have since been filled. The monks’ residence is classical French style and a couple of longboats are stored here between races.
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Wat Mahathat
The centrepiece of Wat Mahathat is Phra That Anon (aka Phra That Yasothon), a highly venerated Lao-style chedi. It’s said to date from AD 695 and to enshrine holy relics of Phra Anan (Ananda), the Buddha’s personal attendant monk. Much more interesting, however, is the gorgeous little hŏr đrai, dating to the 1830s and restored in 2008, which sits on stilts in a pond. If you ask a monk, he’ll let you look inside.
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Our Lady of the Martyrs of Thailand Shrine
The modern, glass-walled Our Lady of the Martyrs of Thailand Shrine is locally called Wat Song Khan and often incorrectly described as the largest church in Southeast Asia. It was built in 1995 to commemorate seven Thai Catholics killed by the police in 1940 for refusing to renounce their faith. Wax sculptures of the martyrs and their ashes lie under glass at the back.
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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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Wat Manophirom
Wat Manophirom is one of Mukdahan Province’s oldest temples. The original bòht, now a wí·hăhn, was built in 1756 in Lan Xang style with an elaborately carved wooden facade and large painted eave brackets. It holds many ancient Buddha images, including eight carved into an elephant tusk.
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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 Singh Ta
Wat Singh Ta is rather ordinary, but the block fronting its southeast corner is a treasure trove of classic Chinese shophouses. It’s 300m off the main road, west of Kasikornbank.
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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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