Thailands East Coast of Chanthaburi

Amazing strip of land with two new massive bridges built to connect three bays and news roads and beautification projects all most completed the coast drive is a very amazing event. You can see Young Girls Breast Island in the distance. What that's correct the name of the island is Koh Nom Sow in Thai language. For a few dollars you can hire a canoe and paddle out to it. If you like seafood along the coast is amazing seafood. Fisherman go out each day around 4 pm and you can park on the new high bridge and have a picnic while watching the boats pass under going out into the sunset. It is an amazing view. You can see a new temple just being completed off in the town. As the fishing boats pass underneath you can see the crew working or eating before the long night of work hauling the nets. The catch squid using lights and anything else around the surface. The hauls are brought in and sold fresh or transported frozen on ice to Bangkok. You will pass by some areas which have the rank of dead fish. This is one of the sun drying locations. Some places of Thailand like Rayong huge areas used for drying cause the smell float a long distance, You can even smell it while driving by Rayong Province on you way to Chanthaburi Province. The air here is much cleaner. We mainly have two industries the gemstone business and the fruit farm business.

Chanthaburi Aquarium expansion

We have been blessed with a great Thai King who has provided the money to build and support a small public aquarium in Chanthaburi Province. This year 2009 we saw the addition of a new wing and a walk through tunnel. With the fish circling you head at 360 degrees, It is a really amazing place. Just travel about 20 miles from the City to Chow Lao Beach. It is also next to a massive watershad project funded by the king to rebuild and replant the mangrove lost due to the human impact. You can walk around for 1 hour on a lovely footpath raised up above the earth, while looking at all the amazing life and plants below you. If you still have time you can also visit the organic garden and research center. Also funded by the king. This is another great place to visit. If you are a teacher the visit is worth while especialy if you can bring the students with you or bring the photos back and tell them about the trip. I highly reccomend a trip to the local Aquarium in Chanthaburi and remember it if FREE! In the future it may not be so go now!
It only about a $10 taxi ride from the city if you arrive by bus. You could hire a bike but the roads is ridden with holes so i would aso reccomend going by car or truck. We have Mazda Pickup trucks in our town. They are mini trucks and all are clean buring Propane Machines. Mind you the age of these trucks now hits 40 years and some are in deplorable condition. It up to you what taxi you choose the nicer ones will have a higher price but the fact of getting there is always better safe then saving $3. The drive will take you out and wait with the truck all day while you are swimming and they can take you to good restaurant along the coasts, We have about 100 km or 60 miles of connected coast line you can drive along. Read more about the coast in my next post.