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Weather of Ubonratchatani
Thailand
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The Candle Festival Poang
Lang
Held on Khao Phansa Day( beginning of the Buddhist Rain Retreat
in July ) at the Toong sri
Muang ground. Wax Candles fashioned in artisticstyles are
displayed in various temples at
night huge candles are on display around Toong sri Muang. The
following morning the colorful
Wax Candle Procession is held.
 
Pha Taem National Park Pha
Dong Na Tam forset
The 212,500 Rai Pha Taem National Park coversareas
in Khong Chiam, Si Muang Mai and
Pho Sai districts bordering on Laos with the Mekhong River as
demarcation line. To reach
the park headquarters, at the Pha Taem area, Ban Nong Phue Noi,
Khong Chiam district,
about 19 kms. from the district town,take Highway #217 from the
provincial town to Phibun
Mangsahan district, then turn on to Highway #222 to Khong
Chiam.
Wat Toong Si Muang
Located on Luang
Road, Wat Toong Si Muang was built during the
reign of King Rama lll
by Chao Ariyawongsajan, then the head of the provincial
clergy. As he had once attended
religious studies at Wat Saket in Bangkok, he took back with him a replica of
the Holy
Footprint and enshrine it at a hall built speacially to house
it.The hall today serves as the
Ubosot, the convocation hall, and is of the early
Rattanakosin style combined with Vientianne
influence. Each wall is adorned with murals which were
painted at the same time as the construction.
Another important structure in thetemple is the Scripture hall.
A woodenbuilding,
it is sited in center of a pond to prevent ants or termites to
get at the scripture.
Of Thai-Burmese-Laotian style, the actual building is of
Thai appearance divided in to four sections.
Within the chamber housing the scripture cabinets, each side is
painted gold
and lacquer.The roof are of a combined Thai-Burmese art with
Choh Fah Bai Raka traditional
decorative pieces. The over-lapping roofs refect Burmese
architectural style transmitted
through Laotian Lan Xang art.The patterns and carving over the
two gables are of high Laotian
style,displaying the different animal signs according to
traditional astrology as well as various
designs based on plantlife.
Handicraft of Ban Pa-Ao
villages
The 200 yearold brassware villages of Ban Pa-Ao is located
at TambonNong Khon, Muang
district, about 21 kms. from the provincial town of Ubonratchatani along
Highway #23
including a three khm. stretch of side-road leading to the
hamlet. In addition to weaving, the
village also produces brass utensils for daily usage and as
souvenirs employing the so-called,
original Lost Waxing method.
Wat Nong Pa Pong
Located in Tambon Noan Noan, Varin-Chamrab
district, about 8 kms. from the provincial
town on Highway #2178 towards Kantrarak district. With a
total area of over 186 Rai, it was
once an abandoned temple and served as a cemetary.
The terrain in genneral is wetlands
oversgrown with reeds in 2497 B.E.(1954), the highly
venerated monk Luang Pu Cha initiated
a project to turn it into a site suitable for
meditation sessions and a monk's residence was
established which later became a monastery. The
atmosphere is serene and tranquil inducive
to the practice of meditation. An interesting
structure is the Phra
Photiyan Museum
housing
the spartan personal articles of use and Luang Pu
Cha's wax figure. Another is Chedi Si
Photiyan where his royally-sponsored cremation took
place.
Wat Pa Nanachat
Wat Pa Nanachat, meaning the international Temple in the Forest,
is located at Ban Boong
Wai, Tambon Boong Wai of Varinchamrab district, about
14 kms. from town on Highway
#226 towards Si Saket. Sereral foreign monks are
usually in residence to study Budhist
teaching and meditation.Most of them speak fluent
Thai and capable of delivering sermons in
Pali. Strict in their observance of the Dharma, they
are respected by all Thai Buddhists.
Chong Mek Point-Gateway to Indochina
About 90 kms. from the provincial town along Highway
#217 in Sirinthon district. Chong Mek
is a permanent crossing-point between Thailand and Laos,leading to Champasak
province
which is a major desiination in Southern Laos.Apart
from being the locations of various official
offices, it is also an extensive border market with
duty-free facilities with in Laotian territory
accessible to tourists.
Among the major
attractions in Champasak province are the town of Pak Se, the capital
province. Champasak, the former capital of the
province which in itself is an old community;
the Prasat Hin Wat Phu, an ancient Khmer temple; the
Si Than Don confluence where the
Mekhong River extends to a width of 7 kms. creating
large number of isles and rapids and
probably the most interesting are the Li Phi and Khon
Phapheng waterfalls.
Foreigners entering Laos at Chong
Mek require a Laotian entry visa. Thaiscan use border
Passes which could be issued within three days by the
Ubonratchatani provincial adminis-
trative office.
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