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My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Thailand | Tuesday, November 8, 2011 | 5 photos

5 things to do in Chanthaburi

1. Walk! With shade from tin roofs and warm breeze of wind, you can walk along the street without getting exhausted. Once you arrived at Chanthaburi market, find yourself a parking space and walk your feet in, talk to the people and collect their smiles, like mine, I have got one big smile from this old lady after I have helped her push her kart across the bridge.

2. Drink! Every sunny afternoon, men will gather at their good old bar playing some games together. Well, it is a coffee bar after all and the youngest dude here is over the age of 40. Everyone is busy playing chess, checkers or backgammon. It surprised me when a bunch of people can spend time together without saying a word but can learn from each other more and more.

3. Eat! (or be eaten) Look at the shoal of fish; they are Soro Brook Carps at Namtokphliu National Park. Sorry for introduction, nothing was eaten by these carps except the yard long beans. They are nonchalant by nature; you can swim among them and they won’t swim to or swim away from you. But if you want their attraction, give them the yard long beans and they will even jump out of water for you.

4. Rest! Have you ever dream of staying a night in bungalow over a river, watching sunrise and sunset, counting stars and having three seafood buffet meals? It’s not a dream anymore, come and get it at Chanthaburi!

5. Exercise! Get up early, hold your camera tight, grab a pedal and get in to a boat. Row it with your friend to the fisherman village, see crab farms and take pictures, make yourself hungry and ready for buffet lunch.