Another famous symbol of Songkhla is Koh Nu (Mouse Island) and Koh Maeo (Cat Island), located off the shore from Leam Samila. There’s the legend told from generation to generation about a dog, a cat and a mouse stole the magic crystal from the Chinese merchant’s sampan and tried to swim ashore but drowned to death. Spirits of the mouse and the cat became these two islands while the dog died later on the shore became Khao Tangkuan and the magic crystal was broken into pieces and became the white sandy beach called Hat Sai Kaeo.