This large Province is covered with rugged
mountains and forest. Until recently also the last refuge of the
Communist Party. Main economy of the population is fishing and
shrimps farming.
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The
province has boast of many nice beaches. |
An amazing
sights is the huge number[Over
a kilometers long] of fishing crafts. During offf peak
season, all the boats are lined up along the beach for
maintainance, repair or simply lay off. |
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The
monsoon rain has built a long natural dyke along the entire sea
front providing some shelter from the strong winds. The otherwise
useless lowlands behind the sea were prepared with rectangular
ponds. This area where the shrimp farming are carried out is over
50 kilometers in length.
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What a
scene with so many ladies sorting out those live shrimps.
Almost all of them still jumping and flipping after being
scooped from the farm. Most produce are exported live under
special packaging and transport arrangement.
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This
is a province that is full of caves, temples and waterfalls! The
few recommended waterfalls are:-
Name
of Waterfall
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Its
Location
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Khao Luang National
Park |
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1,835 meters, highest
peak in the Thai's Peninsula |
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