Bang Saray: Pattaya's Fishing Village, Its Quiet Beach and Seafood by the Pier
Bang Saray: Pattaya's Fishing Village, Its Quiet Beach and Seafood by the Pier Drive twenty kilometres south of Pattaya, past Na Jomtien and the turnings for the big attractions, and the high-rises thin out, the billboards stop, and Sukhumvit Road runs through countryside again. Then a small turning west takes you into Bang Saray — also spelled Bang Sare — a working fishing village in Sattahip district that was catching fish long before Pattaya became a resort city. There is a curved, tree-backed beach about three kilometres long, a harbour where boats still land an overnight catch at dawn, seafood restaurants clustered around the piers, and, on Saturday evenings, a small walking-street market near the harbour that is aimed at locals first and visitors second. Bang Saray is not a hidden secret and it is not untouched — weekends bring Bangkok families, and condos have arrived on its edges — but its rhythm is still a village rhythm: early mornings, long quiet afternoons, and dinner ...