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Thailand Accommodation? It's Dead Easy

Looking for cheap digs in Thailand? Here's something that's right up your street - and we can guarantee there'll be silence, too! There's special accommodation for visitors to the upcoming international horticultural show in the funeral hall of a Buddhist temple. Three million visitors are expected at the Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 which opens on Wednesday in the northern city of Chiang Mai and lasts until January 31. At least one temple, Wat Jet Yod, will allow guests to sleep in its funeral hall, where religious rites for the dead are held. Just make sure your rite hand knows what the left hand is doing.