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Samaesan Part VI: Nang Ram Beach

Nang Ram Beach, or dancing woman beach, is a place catered for locals. In most famous beaches in Thailand, like Pattaya, Krabi, Phuket, one can see only golden hair but not here.

Located inside the navy area, the beach surprisingly has a closing time at around 6 pm. I was there Sunday and the place was just packed out.

The sea and the beach is relatively unpolluted

The statue of the famous epic poem main character, Phra Apaimanee

Nang Yak or Nang Pisue Samut (Yaksha or Giant)

母夜叉 ยักษ์ / นางผีเสื้อสมุทร

Phra Apaimanee and

Nang Ngeuk (mermaid) 人魚นางเงือก

Geological phenomenon

Cameraman

Samaesan Part V: Around Samaesan

1. Samaesan Market

One of the most interesting place to go in a fishing village is always its seafood market. Taking photo, finding rare fish and shopping is among the few good reasons to be there.

A live sharks for sales - I tried it in one restaurant in Jomtien, the meat is tender and sweet

Live blue crab - according to locals, bottom trawling boat has not been operated for some times due to inflated oil price, it gives an opportunity for blue crab to flourish.

Baler Shell - Becomes a delicacy recently but traditionally use to bail water out of boats, and it underlines the common name of the mollusc.

Squid - best for grilling especially those comes with roe.

鱿鱼

Cuttlefish - one of the most intelligent invertebrates, it differs from squid with an internal shell (cuttlebone)

乌贼

Scallop 扇贝 หอยเชลล์

Stingray and flatfish 比目魚 ปลาตาเดียว

Kind of crab not commonly found in market of Thailand

A coffee break

Various fruit syrups

2. Seafood

Time to have some good seafood

Surrounding of the restaurant

Fried Scallop with chili and basil leaf

This is delicious, fish meat in spicy soap

ปลาทราย(ปลาเห็ดโคน) 沙尖鱼 (学名蛇鲻)

3. Dinner Time

Only two of us at this restaurant, quiet but we did enjoy the tranquility

No fancy food, just fried thai mackerel 鲭鱼ปลาทู

4. Around the village

A fishing boat

Hunting in a industrialized world

A lone ranger

A pipe use to suck water from the sea for nearby prawn farm.

View of Samaesan

Samaesan Part IV: Fish Farm

Percula farm offers not only collection of fishes in fish tank, it actually culturing fishes off the coast. The fishes raised here are kind of food fish that can not be found in most restaurant in Thailand (if you are a frequent visitor to Thailand, you should know Thai serves only grouper and seabass). I am eager to buy some for my lunch but only to find out it is not for sales.

A houseboat rafts with cages under for rearing fish.

The sea was a bit bumpy

Old man, child and the sea

Small fishes for the big fishes

Going down to the boat

Hedgehog swam in the air

Sailing off the coast

On the raft

Cobia Fish (black salmon) ปลาช่อนทะเล 海鲡(又称海狸鱼)

Good for sashimi

Other fishes raised here are like shark, blue spotted grouper and some I couldn't name them