Trang Travel Information
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Vegetarian Festival is a traditional Chinese festival held in Trang around October every year on a full moon night. Thais of Chinese heritage would turn vegetarian (no consumption of meat and certain kinds of vegetables) and dress in white for 9 days and nights in the belief that it brings them bring good fortune and to make merit. Throughout the 9 days and nights, the spirit in the “medium” would go out and give blessing (some call it ‘ touring’) to households where there are offerings set out in front. The procession bearing the medium must light thousands of firecrackers, creating a deafening din. The medium would also perform supernatural feats to show that the spirit is in him. Cake Festival derives from the fact that Trang people are well known for making delicious cakes. This is particularly true for the villagers of Ban Lam Phu Ra where making cakes dates back generations. The cakes of Trang have no frosting and have several flavours like orange, coffee, three-flavoured, etc. The festival is scheduled for every August. The cakes make ideal gifts.
Trang Roast Pork Festival is a tourism promotion activity of Trang that is held every September. The festival features the mouth-watering roast pork made with Trang’s special recipe. The pork skin is crispy, the meat is tender, and it is delicious due to a process by which the pig is fermented with herbs then roasted whole on a specially made grill. Trang’s roast pork is sold daily and goes well with morning coffee or can be a dish at banquets. Taphao Shell Festival is aimed at promoting the conservation of nature and the environment. The festival is held at Pak Meng Beach every November, which features a contest of gathering Taphao shells. Trang Products Fair is held annually during April 2nd-13th where the fair displays a combination of the culture, traditions and provincial products to be sold in stores, contests, and pageantry. Annual King’s Birthday and Red Cross Fair is held during December 5th-15th every year. There are various types of entertainment and shops selling a variety of products. It is the grandest festival of Trang and of southern Thailand. Trang is famous for many gifts: Screw pine mats, Muk (small containers), products made from ray skins like bags and shoes and basketry from a local plant, woodcarving made at Ban Nong Prue, Rubber wood toys and woven clothes made at Ban Na Muen Si.
Trang is also well known for local sweets and food: Roast pork and hot coffee (typical breakfast), many flavored cakes, fresh seafood, and durian. Car a) Highway No. 4 (Bangkok-Chumphon) to Highway No. 41 (Surat Thani-Thung Song- Huai Yot-Trang), total distance of 828 kilometres. b) Highway No. 4 (Bangkok-Chumphon) to Ranong-Phannga-Krabi-Trang, total distance of 1,020 kilometres. c) Highway No. 404-416 (Satun-Palian-Trang), total distance of 140 kilometres. d) Highway No. 4-407 (Hat Yai-Phatthalung-Trang), total distance of 148 kilometres. e) Highway No. 4-402 (Phuket-Phang-nga-Krabi-Trang), total distance of 312 kilometres. Train Rapid and express trains depart from the Bangkok Railway Station to Trang daily at 5.05 p.m. and 6.20 p.m. respectively, taking 15 hours for the 870-kilometre journey. More information can be obtained from Bangkok Railway Station at tel. 1690, 0 2223 7010 and 0 2223 7020 or calling Trang station at tel. 0 7521 8012. Bus Air-conditioned buses, varying in 3 types, depart from the Southern Bus Terminal in Bangkok to Trang every day at the following times: VIP Bus: 7 p.m.
and 7.30 p.m. Air Thai Airways has daily direct flights connecting Bangkok with Trang with a travel time of 1.10 hours. For more information, please click here |
