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Ho Nang Usa

Photograph © Guava 2010 all rights reserved

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****UPDATE 26th November 2010 - this photograph has just been voted first place in the recent "Totally Thailand" Flickr competition. Thank you to everyone that voted, I am very honoured.

 

Ho Nang Usa (Thai: หอนางอุสา) is the most impressive rock formation at Phu Phrabat Historical Park (Thai: อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์ภูพระบาท) Udon Thani, Thailand.

 

Most of the bizarre rock formations in the park are featured in a legend about a king (Phaya Kong Phan), his stunningly beautiful daughter (Nang Usa), a hermit (Rishi Chantra) and a love-struck prince from another kingdom (Tao Baros). Hoh Nang-Usa is said to be the tower where the beautiful princess was forced to live by her overprotective father.

 

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