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


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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