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PHITSANULOK
This strategically-located town and province is a major commercial
and transport hub, that was a former Khmer outpost and later the
birthplace of King Naresuan.
Phitsanulok is the seat of Thailand's most beautiful Buddha image,
Phra Buddha Chinnarat, an imposing gold- plated image housed in
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat. The Folklore Museum has a large and
impressive collection of local arts and crafts as well as displays
depicting local life through the centuries.
The road east to Lomsak passes through some spectacular scenery.
Thung Salaeng Luang National Park has many species of flower found
nowhere else, great tracts of forest and the famed Kaeng Sopha Falls.
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