Perhaps the most well-known symbol of Songkhla
province, both islands are located off the shore of Laem Samila.
According to the legend, a dog, a cat, and a mouse, traveling on a
Chinese sampan stole the merchant's magic crystal and tried
unsuccessfully to swim ashore and drowned. The mouse and cat became the
islands in the Songkhla Lake while the dog died on the shore and became
the hill called Hin Khao Tang Kuan near the bay. Totally destroyed, the
crystal then became the white sandy beach called Hat Sai Kaeo which
literally means crystal sand beach.
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