Bang Pu

Bang Pu (Thai: บางปู, pronounced [bāːŋ pūː]), also known as Bang Pu Recreation Center (สถานตากอากาศบางปู) is a seaside resort on the Bay of Bangkok (upper Gulf of Thailand) belonging to Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan Province, central Thailand.

Bang Pu, literally 'place of crabs', was established in accordance with the ideas of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram while serving as Prime Minister in 1937 to be a place of recreation for people in that era.

[1] A Bang Pu landmark is Saphan Suk Ta (สะพานสุขตา), a pier extending into the sea.

At its end is a restaurant called Sala Sukjai (ศาลาสุขใจ) where dances are held every Saturday evening.

[2] Bang Pu provides habitat for large flocks of migratory seagulls that migrate from Siberia annually in the early winter (around beginning of November).