Phetchabun
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Phetchabun (เพชรบูรณ์) is the provincial capital of Phetchabun Province, in the northern region of Thailand.
[edit] Get in
Quite a lot of buses stop at this town on the way to Lom Sak. Here are some services you can find from Mochit Terminal: 1)www.transport.co.th 0 2936 2852-66
2)Phet Tour 0 2936 3230
3)Thin Siam Tour 0 2936 0500
Buses are very frequent, like 2 or 3 within an hour. First Class service from Phet Tour cost 263B and takes 4 hour+.
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Motor Cycle Taxi and Motor Trishaws are available at market, hotels and bus station.
Better to bring your own vehicle, if you are planning to go to Khao Kho. Car/Motor Cycle rental service may rarely have but couldn't manage to find one on Sunday, most the shops on the main road are closed. Town is not really ready for tourist anyway.
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Wat Mahathat (วัดมหาธาตุ) on Nikon Bamrung Road in town houses a number of ancient chedis of Sukhothai style. The Phetchabun City Pillar Shrine (ศาลหลักเมืองเพชรบูรณ์) has been brought over from the ancient town of Si Thep and is considered the oldest such structure in Thailand.
Wat Trai Phum (วัดไตรภูมิ) on Phetcharat Road features a Buddha statue called Phra Buddha Mahadhamaracha cast in the ornamental Lop Buri style. The ritual bathing of the Buddha image or the traditional Um Phra Dam Nam ceremony is held during September each year.
The Huai Pa Dang Reservoir (อ่างเก็บน้ำห้วยป่าแดง) was created by the dam constructed to block the waterway to the west of town for irrigation purposes. Some 8 kilometres from town on Highway No. 2006, it is a pleasant place for recreation and picnic with scenic natural views in the background, particularly in the m-orning and late afternoon.
Tat Mok National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติตาดหมอก) has a huge waterfall fed by streams flowing down cracks and crevices of the mountains creating a beautiful 12-level fall. On both sides of the trails leading up to it are large, shady trees providing a pleasant surrounding. To reach the park, take off from town past the town hall to the east for some 15 kilometres to Ban Chaliang Lap (บ้านเฉลียงลับ). Then take a right turn onto Highway No. 2275. After just 300 metres is a left fork leading to an access on to steep slope for a distance of 20 kilometres. From here another 1.8 kilometres on foot to arrive at the waterfall.
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The Bathing of Phra Buddha Mahadhamaracha Festival or Um Phra Dam Nam Ceremony (ประเพณีอุ้มพระดำน้ำ), this event is annually held on the fifteenth day of the waning moon in the 10th lunar month or during the Sat Thai period, in September. Phra Buddha Mahadhamaracha is a highly revered ancient Buddha image of Phetchabun.
The image was found in the Pasak River by a group of farmers four hundred years ago and it was then taken to be housed in Wat Trai Phum. According to a legend, the Buddha image was disappeared twice from the temple and was later found in water. It was said that the Buddha image itself had wandered out of the temple.
Therefore, the ritual bathing ceremony is held for a few days. The image is carried around town and put under a tent in Wat Trai Phum, so Buddhists can pay respect to and stick gold leaf on the body.
In the evening, prayers are chanted. At night, there are various kinds of entertainment with night market, which is larger than Chiang Mai weekend night market. The next morning, people make merit as it is Sat Thai Day. Foods, including Krayasat, and other necessities are given to monks. The Buddha image is then taken to be immersed in the Pasak River by the governor of Phetchabun and traditional dances are performed to show respect. After the ceremony, the water in the river is regarded as sacred. As a result, people swim in it or take the water to drink before the boat racing begins.
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Kosit Hill (โฆษิตฮิลล์), Near to bus station, 39 Samakhichai Road, Tambon Nai Mueang (Tel. 0 5672 2370-2, 0 5674 3642-5 fax. 056722370), 142 rooms: 900-3,200 baht
Bankalow Sawasdee (บังกะโลสวัสดี) 45 Sankumueang Road Tambon Nai Mueang (Tel. 0 5672 1850, 056721377) 37 rooms: 190-370 baht
Burapha (บูรพา) 308 Saraburi-Lom Kao Road (Tel. 0 5671 1155-9, 0 5672 2633-4 Fax. 0 5672 1383, 056722636) 530 rooms: 200-1,530 baht
Phet Hotel (เพชร โฮเต็ล) 59 Phraphutthabat Road, Tambon Nai Mueang (Tel. 0 5671 1275), 19 rooms: 120-190 baht
Phetchabun Hotel (เพชรบูรณ์ โฮเต็ล) 102/1 San Khu Mueang Road, Tambon Nai Mueang, 19 rooms: 100-160 baht
Sirirot (ศิริโรจน์) 104 Phetcharoen Road,Tambon Nai Mueang (Tel. 0 5671 1037), 7 rooms:100 baht
Siam (สยาม) 21 San Khu Mueang Road, Tambon Nai Mueang (Tel. 0 5671 1301 fax. 0 5672 1551), 29 rooms: 210-350 baht
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