Koh Loy Park in Chon Buri

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  Gordon Knowles

  :: 23 March 2018 16:31:23

  Si Racha is a town located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 120 kilometres south east of Bangkok located within Amphoe Si Racha in the province of Chonburi. The municipality was created as a sub district municipality in 1945. In 1995 the sub district municipality was upgraded to a town municipality. The Thai spelling is Sri Racha or Si Racha is a transliteration of the Thai pronunciation attributable to the fact that the double consonant SR does not occur natively in Thai speech so therefore pronounced SEE - RA - CHA. There are 8 sub districts within this district which are Sri Racha / Surasak / Thung Sukhla / Bueng / Nong Kham / Khao Khansong / Bang Phra and Bowin. The town is famous for its seafood mainly served with a very spicy chilli sauce using the name of Sriracha sauce and is sold all over the world. This sauce is made from the paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar, and salt. In Thailand the sauce is called Sot Siracha and sometimes Nam Phrik Siracha . Traditional Thai Sriracha sauce tends to be hotter in taste, and runnier in texture than non - Thai versions. It was said to be created in the 1930’s from the recipe of a Thai housewife named Thanom Chakkapak. North of the town is the Chinese temple of Wat Koh Loy, located on an island connected to the mainland by a 1.5 kilometre causeway. The temple mixes Thai Buddhists and Chinese icons of worship, including a Buddha's footprint.Koy Loy Park has plenty to keep most visitors occupied for a few hours on their way to Pattaya or going the other way back to Bangkok. Plenty of shops, even a large pond filled with turtles you can feed or just watch. The Chinese temple on top of the small hill is worth a visit. The views from this small island make it a beautiful venue for a small picnic. While watching the ferry arrive from Koh Si Chang. Sri Racha is part of a large district and is blessed with a modern eight lane motorway the Chonburi to Bangkok motorway which had been built connecting the eastern seaboard with Bangkok, as well as to U-Tapao International Airport. It is the only airport in Thailand to have direct flights to the South of the country, therefore missing out Bangkok. The older Sukhumvit road goes through downtown Sri Racha to Chonburi and Pattaya, but is often congested, as is usually the situation on roads down to Pattaya.

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  Papa Gal

  :: 05 March 2018 15:56:34

  You can visit the park, but only the temple is open up to 6pm, all the other shops are closed or empty. I think , when the bridge is finished and all renovated, it will be again a nice park. Even in renovation you can still go and make some pics of the bay area or get a view from top of the temple there. Atleast now no tourists there :)

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  MD. ABU YOUSUF AL SHAHIN

  :: 12 February 2018 23:03:42

  wonderful park!

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  Will - Kelly

  :: 07 November 2016 10:36:23

  It would appear that the causeway access to the island is closed for repair until 2018

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  Card A

  :: 16 April 2016 08:25:48

  Try feeding giant turtles, place a bit crowed but peaceful and relax watching sunset