Over the two days competitors in both the Buffalo Racing and International Long Tail Boat Races took place in the famous lake area in East Pattaya.   Apart from the fantastic display of local Thai Cowboys taking part in the 7^th buffalo racing event, there was the main attraction of an international long tail boat competition on the lake itself.    There were numerous winners of various size long boats, including the Aukanawa team with 55 rowers. In the international racing events, the Burmese team just squeezed inches ahead of the Thai team A and won first place with a prize of 50,000 baht. 

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