If you have ever eaten longans, you'll know how easily the skin peels away and how readily the sweet and succulent flesh slips off the shiny seed. Longans (lamyai in Thai) are grown mostly in southern China, north Vietnam and north Thailand. In Thailand, the tiny town of Lamphun (pronounced "lam-poon"), just south of Chiang Mai, is the epicentre of.
Despite the hot weather in the ancient town of Lamphun, a large crowd of Buddhist votaries gathered at the foot of Tha Nang Bridge to welcome the annual Klong Luang (Lanna-style big drum) contest back after a two-year hiatus as part of the seven-day Phra That Hariphunchai Bathing Festival to mark Visakha Bucha Day.