Pictures of Thailand fishing boats in Chaloklum

Pictures of Thailand fishing boats were the main purpose of my first attempt to carry out the “photograph tour”. Since I’ve noticed the fishing boats next to the Ao Chaloklum during the Boat Trip, I was really curious about the fishermen’s way of life. The only problem was, that as a Leela Beach’s resident I neither had an idea about the fishermen’s village location, nor have I known that it’s name was Chaloklum.

So I picked up my camera and went to the only place in Koh Phangan I knew an access to at that time: Haad Rin. On Haad Rin, I made a call home and ask the phone center operator for the exact location of the “local villages”. The operator, 40 years old cheerful lady, said, “You can’t go there. It’s extremely dangerous”. I refused to believe her, but she explained, “It’s in the heart of the jungle. You put yourself at a risk of being bitten by snake, and even being attacked by tiger!”

I probably looked disappointed to her, as she asked, “Want to take a picture?” – “Yes” – “Go straight to the beach, turn left, turn right – you have an excellent view”. On my way back to the resort I wondered whether my question was too ethnocentric. Anyway, I decided to never ask local people again about local villages’ location. The paradox was that everything I had to do was to open the guidebook. The fishermen village Chaloklum, surrounded by resorts and picturesque beaches, is one of the most famous sites in Koh Phangan.

This village features some cheap and very fine seafood restaurants; these restaurants usually serve dishes made of fresh locally caught fish and seafood. There are also several bars and diving schools, and of course the fishing boats located near the beach.