Phitsanulok

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• Party Like a Local!

  Phitsanulok is a tourist town, but mostly for Thai and asian tourists making the pilgrimage to Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Wat Yai). Even so, Phitsanulok makes for a refreshing stopover to relax and recharge while enjoying Thailand the way the locals do.
  
  Accommodation choices like the LiThai Guest House offer great value for seriously comfy digs. This is also the place to get that 3 or 4-hour massage you've always wanted, since prices at the massage places near the night market are a uniform 100 baht per hour.
  
  Take the river walk from the night market area up to Wat Yai for a relaxing and scenic stroll.
  
  Enjoy an evening at the Sabai Boat Floating River Restaurant, with amazing choices like 3-flavor fish for only 150 baht. Drink up too at the Night Zone, along the river next to the night market. It's Beer Wars here, with jugs of Cheers on tap for as little as 95 baht.
  
  And finally, wear a hat. The concentration of birds near the clock tower and elsewhere creates a serious birdshit hazard.

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  By exacto (dabbler)
  Written on 8th December, 2009 after a visit to Phitsanulok in December, 2009

  Also reviewed by exacto: Champasak, Chiang Mai, Kamphaeng Phet, Ko Maak, Lopburi, Mukdahan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nong Khai, Pakse, Savannakhet,

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