{"id":1814,"date":"2014-09-05T14:22:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T12:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2014-09-05T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T12:22:54","slug":"cha-am-feast-on-shellfish-bird-watching-and-squid-fishing-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/1814-cha-am-feast-on-shellfish-bird-watching-and-squid-fishing-festival","title":{"rendered":"Cha-Am Feast on Shellfish, Bird Watching and Squid Fishing Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p>Every year in September, Cha-Am\u00a0hosts its Shellfish, Bird Watching and Squid Fishing Festival or <em>Kin Hoi, Du Nok, Tok Meuk<\/em> Festival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/cha-am-hua-hin-560x374.jpg\" alt=\"Cha Am Thailande\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/cha-am-hua-hin-560x374.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/cha-am-hua-hin-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/cha-am-hua-hin.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event is held annually during the months of September or October when Cha-Am\u00a0sees large numbers of squid in the sea and welcomes the arrival of migratory birds. Seafood, including all kinds of shellfish, is also plentiful during this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Festival is\u00a0held at the scenic point of Cha-am Beach starting from 4 p.m. to late night throughout nine days. Visitors will get the chance to savour fresh shellfish and all kinds of seafood. Throughout the nine-day event, over 50 famous hotels and restaurants in Cha-am and Phetchaburi will fill Cha-am Beach with the delectable aroma of their shellfish and seafood specialty dishes.<\/p>\n<p>For bird lovers, free-of-charge bird watching trips to Bueng Ta-kad-plee and Nang Panthurat National Park leave twice daily at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. during 14 \u2013 21 September, 2014. The trips will be conducted by bird experts, who will guide visitors to enjoy watching both local and migratory birds, which are abundant both in numbers and species. In the evening, visitors are invited to try their luck in squid fishing with trips leaving nightly from 7 p.m. and returning at midnight for 100 Baht per person.<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p>In addition, throughout the nine days, there will be live concerts by famous Thai singers and bands, as well as cultural and modern stage performances.<\/p>\n<p>This year the festival will be held\u00a0from 13 to 21 September, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>TAT Phetchaburi Office<\/strong><br \/> Tel: +66 (0) 3247 1005-6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cha-am Municipal Office<br \/> <\/strong>Tel: +66 (0) 3247 2550, 3247 1665<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in September, Cha-Am\u00a0hosts its Shellfish, Bird Watching and Squid Fishing Festival or Kin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}