any shrimp in thailand?

[kahunabill]

Does anyone know where to get shrimp in thailand? My sister is going there in a few weeks, and I was wondering if anyone knows of good stores to bring lots of shrimp back to the USA?

IF you do know any, would you let me know?
Also, what kind of issues might there be, bringing them back on the plane ride to USA? (Other than heat packs, etc.)

thanks!!!

[thgng]

You can try Chatuchak weekend market. I was there last year. All the shops are open on Saturday and Sunday. Some shops are open during the weekdays too !

http://www.asiatraveltips.com/Chatuchak ... gkok.shtml

I bought some Wood shrimp for 15 Baht each.
The Cherries are going for 60 Baht each.

I don't know about bringing it back to USA. But all died before I can bring back to my country. They were packed in a bag of 15. A single death will pollute the water and kill the rest !

Just make sure you get them to pack 3 shrimps per bag.
Mustafa had a thread on packing and using special "breather bag" for the shrimp. Check it out.

Let us know how it turn out

[thgng]

I forgot to mention that there aren't many store selling shrimps.
I managed to find 2 - 3 shops selling shrimps.

There were cherry shrimp, woods shrimp, CRS(out-of-stock), lobster and crayfish. I saw some big local shrimps which I cannot identify. But there were plenty of fishes: Goldfish, guppies, betta and many more.

Keep us updated. I might be going there in a couple of months.

[Veneer]

Also, what kind of issues might there be, bringing them back on the plane ride to USA? (Other than heat packs, etc.)

thanks!!!

If not properly declared, the shrimp might be confiscated and destroyed.

[Veneer]

I saw some big local shrimps which I cannot identify.

Those were probably Macrobrachium spp. of some sort, most of which, I must note, are absolutely unavailable in the United States without foreign contacts.