After harvesting, Thiam will peel the black skin of the water chestnut by cutting the top and the bottom before peeling the middle part and making sure that each water chestnut has a perfectly round shape. She would teach me how to harvest water chestnuts or haeo, aka somwang, in the Thai language. The agrotourism group was initiated by Wang Yang Municipality three years ago with the support of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation. About half of the 3,000 rai of total haeo farms in the province are located in tambon Wang Yang in Sri Prachan district, according to Koolchaya Klaysuban, an officer with Wang Yang Municipality. Once I stepped into the mud, I could feel many water chestnuts underneath my feet.

Source: Bangkok Post May 28, 2020 00:22 UTC