Built on the water, the entire eight-acre fishing village of Bang Pat, in Thailand’s Phang Nga Province, emerges from the sea on stilts. Boats are the only means of travel, and have long been the only means of survival.
Bang Pat was directly affected by the tsunami, out of 57 houses in the village, 25 were destroyed.
Fishing boats were lost, and engines and equipment were damaged beyond repair, destroying the villagers’ only source of income. However the village is now well on the way to recovery and the locals love having people come visit them.
Bang Pat Fishing Village Bang Pat Fishing Village
We were on our way back to Phuket traveling along Highway 4 and saw a sign for Bang Pat on the left. Another small detour and off we go. Soon we have mangroves and fish farms on both sides of the road, this is snake country, one little section of the road had dead snakes everywhere plus a big live one that Gary managed not to squash.
(Not on this trip anyway)
Then its time to dodge all the goats running over the road. After about 10 kilometers traveling down this road – it finishes – dead end. We are surrounded by water and it’s beautiful, across the water we can see a fishing village, we haven’t yet realized that this village is also surrounded by water.
There’s a footbridge (built since the tsunami) crossing the water leading to the village so off we go.
Bang Pat Fishing Village Bang Pat Fishing Village
We have arrived at Bang Pat, there are a couple of little local restaurants so we thought we would also have something to eat. We watching the locals shelling cooked crabs, they were so happy to show us how they did this and also to give us fresh crab meat to taste.
We have been back to Bang Pat quite a few times now and it is definitely worth going to, the people are so friendly and happy to see visitors.
Built on the water, the entire eight-acre fishing village of Bang Pat, in Thailand’s Phang Nga Province, emerges from the sea on stilts. Boats are the only means of travel, and have long been the only means of survival.
Bang Pat was directly affected by the tsunami, out of 57 houses in the village, 25 were destroyed.
Fishing boats were lost, and engines and equipment were damaged beyond repair, destroying the villagers’ only source of income. However the village is now well on the way to recovery and the locals love having people come visit them.
Bang Pat Fishing Village Bang Pat Fishing Village
We were on our way back to Phuket traveling along Highway 4 and saw a sign for Bang Pat on the left. Another small detour and off we go. Soon we have mangroves and fish farms on both sides of the road, this is snake country, one little section of the road had dead snakes everywhere plus a big live one that Gary managed not to squash.
(Not on this trip anyway)
Then its time to dodge all the goats running over the road. After about 10 kilometers traveling down this road – it finishes – dead end. We are surrounded by water and it’s beautiful, across the water we can see a fishing village, we haven’t yet realized that this village is also surrounded by water.
There’s a footbridge (built since the tsunami) crossing the water leading to the village so off we go.
Bang Pat Fishing Village Bang Pat Fishing Village
We have arrived at Bang Pat, there are a couple of little local restaurants so we thought we would also have something to eat. We watching the locals shelling cooked crabs, they were so happy to show us how they did this and also to give us fresh crab meat to taste.
We have been back to Bang Pat quite a few times now and it is definitely worth going to, the people are so friendly and happy to see visitors.
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