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This quiet town is very pleasant, but
limited in recreation and sightseeing opportunities with just a few guesthouses,
a couple of restaurants (mostly specialising in noodle soup) a market and the
bus stop.The two premier attractions of Muang Kham are the hot springs and Tham
Piew, a large cave that housed over 400 civilians, who were killed when a single
rocket was fired into the cave during the Second Indochina War. The limestone
cave floor is littered with debris from the explosion that has been identified
with a plaque as happening in 1969. To reach the cave visitors must first embark
on a trek through the Hmong and Thai Dam villages, before hiking through the
forest to reach the caves mouth. No memorial or monument has been erected; the
blackened walls serve as a testimony to the tragedy, although some believe the
cave was in fact being used as a makeshift Vietnamese hospital.
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