Thanawan Waterfall beautiful There is water throughout the year. The water is emerald green. Located in Doi Phu Nang National Park, Phayao, Thailand. Waterfall nature landscape

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Phayao

One tourist brochure we came across described Phayao (พะเยา) as the 'Vienna of South East Asia'. Although this is just slightly stretching the truth, Phayao is certainly an elegant and attractive town. Its setting on Kwan Phayao, a vast wetland, gives the town a back-to-nature feel that’s utterly lacking in most Thai cities, while the tree-lined streets, temples and traditional wooden houses of ‘downtown’ Phayao provide a pleasing old-school Thai touch.


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