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Chiang Rai
Chiang Mai
Ayutthaya
Bangkok
Pattaya
Cha-Am
Hua Hin
Samui Island
Phuket
Krabi
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PATTANI
Pattani
is the Muslim centre of the South and home to hundreds of decorative mosques.
There is a strong economy revolving around seafood and a thriving handicraft
cottage industry, with batik, artificial flowers, woodcarvings and wickerwork
the main items made for export.
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Around
Pattani, there are many mosques, forest parks and trails for trekking. Pattani
Central Mosque is the largest and most beautiful mosque in Thailand, while
the Kreuze Mosque outside of town is the most unusual as remains half finished,
Begun by a Chinese man who converted to Islam, it was cursed never to be
, completed by his sister Lim Ko Nieo. Her shrine is nearby and the scene
of an annual fair. |