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It’s like making a trip with friends. Tonight’s show was not a concert. We skippedall the concert format and etiquette, and allowed ourselves to be very casual withthe crowd, joking around and being sillyhere and there create a variegated landscape.The park features Wat Si Choom and its 15m-high Phra Achana Buddha image. The Phra Phuttha Siri Manrawichai Hall houses a bronze Sukhothai-style Buddha image and lacquered and gilded mural paintings depicting the old Sukhothai way of life. Wat Mahathat, the venue for the annual Sukhothai Loy Krathong and Candle Festival in November, has the biggest sermon hall in the park as well as stupas where relics of Sukhothai kings are buried. Its lintels and stones are carved with fine detail. Wat Sasi features a light and sound show on the second Friday night of every month.In the afternoon, the group proceeded to the Ban Had Siew sub-district to visit the Gold Textile Museum, which features gold- threaded and teen chok wraparound skirts collected from the region, Laosand Myanmar. Teen chok is cloth woven using porcupine quills, a technique mastered by Tai Phuan women. The Tai Phuan ethnic group relocated to many parts of Thailand from Laos, and Sathorn Sorajprasobsanti, the museum owner, is a Tai Phuan himself. Ancient household and farming tools are also on display in the back, while in the front is a shop selling quality teen chok cloth weaved by old village ladies with prices starting at 3,500 baht. Museum entry is free.The first day ended back at Baan Tong Na where the group enjoyed a delicious buffet dinner and a “charm of love in the countryside”-themed party. The jam band Pinky & the Jingle Bell delivered song requests as guests got up to dance – the experience elevated by the locally brewed alcohol. The night also featured Vichaya Phatihatakorn, a younger Thai Elvis impersonator.56 Elite+