Phuket Heroine’s Monument

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This is a celebration of the Battle of Thalang – a battle which was led by two Thai ladies (Mook and Chan) and they were able to route a Burmese incursion in 1785.

They were able to fool the Burmese into thinking that there was a large amount of soldiers still in Phuket with plenty more arriving! Actually the army was not an army at all but the Thai women walking out under cover and returning in the day.  The Burmese were quickly disheartened and removed themselves from Phuket.

The monument was erected in 1966 and is approximately 10 metres tall – but be careful crossing the road if you want to get close the statue is on a rounabout!!

You will actually find a similar (but smaller) monument at the Buddhist Wat Phra Nang Sang. Reading some published text there is also a story that this monument is the original one and the at the round about location is not...

I do believe that there is a geocache at the monument as well…

There is also the Thalang National Museum which I have yet to visit...

There is a Phuket Heroine's festival (usually in March) and it is an opportunity for the women of Phuket to reach for their blades… but sometimes they do!

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