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Phuket
Province
Wat
Chalong
Wat Phra
Thong
Wat Phra
Nang Sang
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I haven't
seen much of the Southern Provinces yet. We only went to Phuket Island,
which I would hardly call Thailand at all. For many tourists it will be the
only encounter with Thailand and will stay limited to beaches and bars. For
some, like myself though, it could be the start of a long lasting love for
this country. I have seen my first temples in Phuket and those are
the ones I covered here. As for the remainder of the Southern Provinces, it
will take me a while to go back to see more. I am not much of a beach
tourist and the political situation in the South of Thailand is too unstable
for my taste.
As The
Nation newspaper wrote on November 9th, 2005 "There are more than
100 Buddhist temples in the deep South but only a few monks, as many quit
the monkhood due to fears for their safety. Militants now target their
attacks on Buddhist monks and temples to deepen the religious divide in
the region. An elderly monk and two temple boys were brutally killed in a
recent attack on a temple last month"
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