Koh Kret was settled by Mon immigrants over 2 hundred years ago, and this people still forms a majority of the population: the island nature of the community, together with the absence of bridges and roads, tending to preserve the special character of the place and its traditional mode of life.
Of special interest are the riverside houses of a type which has changed little in a hundred years, the river based life style of the people, the traditional earthenware pottery, and several old Mon style temples, in particular Wat Paramai Yikawat with its adjoining museum.
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