Thai Young Travel

FLOATING MARTKET

2011-07-01T12:05:00.001+07:00

Visit the floating market, a traditional mode of buying and selling that used to be commonly found in any riverside town or city canal. In floating markets, vendors paddle sampans down waterways to sell their products, such as a large variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, local food and desserts. Recommended floating markets are Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Ratchaburi province, Bang Ku

TARAT NUM THA KHA

2011-01-28T16:37:00.001+07:00

The Tha Kha Floating Market is where local people meet to exchange theirgoods in the traditional way, at the only remaining site on the Mae Klong River. They agree to meet six days a month, on the 2nd, 7th and 12th days of the warning and the waxing moon. The market comes alive from about 7 am. to early afternoon. By late morning, the river is filled to the brim with boats of all sorts. Some

KLONG MAHA SAWAT: OBSERVING TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIFESTYLE ON THE WATERFRONT

2011-01-28T16:13:00.000+07:00

Klong Maha Sawat was dug at the command of King Mongkut, Rama IV, during 1857-1860, to link: the Naknon Chai Si River with the Chao Phraya River, opening up a route for his pilgrimage to the Great Pagoda, Phra Pathom Chedi, and for planters of sugar cane to transport their produce to sugar factories. Klong Maha Sawat has largely retained its serene beauty. He lush green plantations and

TARAT NUM WAT LAM PHAYA

2011-01-28T16:02:00.006+07:00

Located at the boat landing of Wat Lam Phaya, Lam Phaya Sub-district, Bang Len District, It comprises food rafts offering rice dishes, noodles, and other dishes as well as desserts, forming over 200 metre line along the canal, supper oriented by boats peddling coffee, food, fruits and vegetables along the rafts. On the bank, there are stalls selling commodities and food, with a traditional

TARAT NUM AMPHAWA

2011-01-06T21:36:00.001+07:00

This was formerly the most famous floating market in the Mae Klong River some 60 years ago. The simple charms of the area remain intact in the old shop houses on the waterfront, wooden structures with folding doors standing in a long row of almost 500 units, with walkways linking all of them, and bridges across the canal. One can observe the making of wooden umbrellas, sample and buy

WONDERING ON LAND THROUGH WAT DON WAI FLOATING MARKET

2011-01-06T21:03:00.000+07:00

Don Wai Markets is known as the center of delicacies of all sorts. Tourists can take the path within the market, lined of both sides by wooden shop-houses offering a wide variety of cooked food, as main dishes, side dishes, dessert and condiments, all available for sampling. The market is filled with visitors at weekends. They crown the path, amid the calls of shop-keepers who put their

MUKO SIMILAN MARINE NATIONAL PARK

2011-01-06T14:55:00.000+07:00