chao leh, sea gypsy village , rawai beach , phuket island ,thailand

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Close to Rawai Beach is the 'Chao Leh or Sea Gypsies village,known locally as Haad Rawai and located 17 kilometres to the south of phuket town, this palm-fringed beach is best known for Phuket's Chao Le or Sea Gypsies: a nomadic fishing minority believed to be of Melanesian descent

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Location: chao leh , rawai beach , phuket , thailand
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