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Wat Pa Phon Phao

An easy 3km walk or bicycle ride northeast of town is Wat Pa Phon Phao, a forest meditation wat famous for the teachings of the late abbot Ajahn Saisamut. Saisamut's funeral in 1992 was the largest and most well-attended monk's funeral Laos had seen in decades.

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