Prince of Chumphon Monument
Bronze statue of a naval reformer atop the city's highest hill, with sweeping gulf views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Prince of Chumphon Monument follows Abhakara Kiartivongse, twenty-eighth child of King Chulalongkorn, from his training aboard Royal Navy warships in Britain through a mysterious year he vanished from court records amid whispers of a plot against his own half-brother the king. You'll hear how he spent that stretch studying Thai folk medicine as Doctor Phon, treating rich and poor alike who came to his door. Stand at the statue's base, ninety-eight meters above the gulf he served, where fishermen still stop before heading out to sea.
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