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WHAT TO DO

AND SEE

Yomjinda Road
Yomjinda Road, Rayong
(+66) 81 429 1326
Open Every Saturday & Sunday from 6.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.

Traveling along Sukhumvit Road from Chonburi along with cars,
buses and trucks carrying supplies to Chanthaburi and beyond,
many travelers bypass Rayong’s once bustling waterfront at
Yomjinda Road, or the Old Town. Before the roads were built and
travel was by water, the ships and boats would tie up on the north Left virtually abandoned, it took a group of visionary artists and
bank at the bend of the Rayong River to drop off passengers and entrepreneurs who saw its cultural value and decided to revitalize the
deliver materials. After the fall of Ayutthaya and King Taksin’s march community. While many of the French-Indochinese wooden houses
to Chanthaburi to raise an army, he stopped here to rest and ordered have been beautifully restored, there are others sadly deteriorating
the construction of ships for his navy. At the top of this lane is a before your eyes. Still, those that have been brought back to life offer
tree wrapped in colorful ribbons believed to be 300 years old and visitors museums where they can see remnants of what once was. They
where he tied up his elephant. A shrine to the king is also close by also house great eateries along the lane in between galleries and shops.
as well as a concrete elephant standing in the grounds of Wat Lum It’s a great port-of-call to visit and replenish much like the sailors did in
Mahachai Chumpon. the past.
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