Princess Cave
Sea cave shrine crowded with carved wooden phallic offerings left by fishermen for safe passage.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Princess Cave near Ao Nang in Krabi follows two competing stories about the woman it is named for, a drowned princess or a fisherman's wife who never stopped watching the horizon, and the offerings fishermen still leave here. You'll hear why hundreds of carved wooden phalluses, called palad khik, fill the cave entrance, and what local folklore says happens when one is set loose on the tide. It's a stop about what generations of sailors have offered in exchange for safe passage.
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