Vegetarian Festival sets off with grand parade, huge batch of Emperor Noodles

The annual Vegetarian Festival began on September 28 with a grand parade, shown here winding its way down Beach Road. Opening day festivities also featured the serving of 5,000 plates of Emperor Noodles.

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Fishermen fear natural disaster at sea as four whales are spotted at Bangsaen

Residents in the Bangsaen Beach area were afraid of a coming natural disaster in the ocean when four whales were seen leaping from the water.
Academics from the Institute of Marine Science at Burapha University said that the phenomenon was almost certainly related to the whales being in search of food resources, but the locals are continuing to worry that it was a warning sign from nature that a change in the ocean or a storm surge was coming. Fishermen trawling for jellyfish to clear them away from Bangsaen Beach on September 23 remarked on the large number of seagulls around the installed coral reef near the Chalermprakait Pavilion, and surmised there might be a large school of fish in that area.
As they watched the gulls, the fishermen saw four huge whales leap out of the water.

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