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By train you can get from Cha Am to Phetchaburi in less than 30 minutes and from the station you can walk to old Phetchaburi which is well worth a visit or more. Today was the usual round at Riverside Old Town Market with breakfast at the old lady right by the river and then a walk in the market and a chat with Wiphakorn who sells fruit and the bread girl who had a chocolate bread for me.

Noodles with pork and vegetables for 50 baht by the river. It's completely quiet, you can hear a few birds and people talking. But no traffic noise or anything like that.

If you come from the Old Town Market and cross the river on the bridge, which is also called Yai Bridge, which leads to the temple "Wat Mahathat Worawihan" you can go right on the first street after the bridge and end up in a completely different world. There is an orientation board that gives some guidance. There are some cafes, eateries, old houses and a few hostels/guesthouses. In a quiet and pleasant environment. I looked a little on Google Maps and found a cafe called Pagoda Café and it was a very nice place and even though it is, in my tourist eyes, very off the beaten track, it was well visited and I can understand that.

Very nice place, clean, neat, friendly staff and, even though you can't see it, there were quite a few people there. Many were sitting outside in the shade. Of course I missed taking a picture... I like to eat a Shio Pan but it's not often I drink coffee varieties of this kind. But today I did. An Oreo Frappe "something" turned out and it wasn't that bad. But to call it coffee...

Less than 100 meters from Pagoda Café is Chao Pho Hanuman Shrine.

This is a very old shrine, perhaps hundreds of years old." The actual history of the shrine is unknown. According to the residents of the community, Mrs. Daeng Unipan donated her land for the construction of the shrine. It used to be just a small shrine; the floor was raised to the height of the palm. Later, it was reconstructed into a higher shrine with a roof made of concrete tiles. From the beginning to the present, the shrine has been renovated twice. Regarding the sanctity of Chao Pho Hanuman, some people who came to pray here had their wishes fulfilled, so many people flock here to do the same. However, there is a story about a person who did not get what he/she prayed for and threw the statue of Shine into the river. The statue floated along the river and stopped at Phra Chom Khlao Bridge and continued on, even though the river current was very strong. Some people found a new condition there and restored it to its place. Nevertheless, many still respect this shrine.

There is also some street art on this, north side, of the river. And at the far end of this narrow alley is a restaurant that I will try when the time is right.

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