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Friday, March 29, 2024

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Pak Phanang is around 35km east of Nakhon Si Thammarat city, covering both sides of the final section of the town’s namesake river that runs from south to north, draining into a gulf that also shares the same name.

These pictures were taken during my visits to Pak Phanang quite a while ago. The town has several markets but my favourite is the century-old one called Talat Roi Pi Muang Pak Phanang, which sits on the east bank of the river. The wet market is best known for seafood. Sea bass, mullet and many other kinds of fish on sale here are very fresh, so are prawns, crabs and other shellfish. I prefer watching the locals going about their daily business than interrupting them with my camera but sometimes I just can’t help it. These youngsters were waiting for one of their parents on the road-facing side of the…

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