Thailand is a perfect place you’re interested in agricultural study. Food is never far from the Thai mind, because its mean much more than just holding body and soul together. If you visit the Thai Rice Farmers Museum at Suphan Buri you will see not only the implements involved, but the many rites surrounding it and the role of the King in rice farming through history.
Each province in the central region has its own distinctive agricultural hallmark, bold enough to identify its people by. Working west to east across the top of the Gulf of Thailand, here are some of this region’s amazing riches.
Samut Songkhram’s fertile soil produces the country’s most mouth watering fruit, succulent lynches and bittersweet pomelos inparticular. Coconut groves along the coast produce not only the oily nuts themselves, but warm brown palm sugar as well. If you visit in the morning, you can see it being made.
Samut Sakhon is best known for its fresh fish markets and rasping sea-salt, but Nakhon Chaisri inland is synonymous with the juiciest, sweetest, freshest oranges in the land. If you then go east to Ongkarak district of Nakhon Nayok, you will find yourself in the midst of masses of ornamental flowers. Some of these commercial gardens, who supply Bangkok, welcome visitors.
Rayong is known countrywide as home to the spiny, green football-sized fruit adored by many and abhorred (because of its astonishing aroma!) by a few-the durain. But don’t forget to visit Sopha Botanical Garden’s gorgeous flowering trees nearby Khao Chamao-Khao Wong National Park also abounds with many colourful plants.
At the end of the trail, Prachin Buri, even richer and wetter than Samut SongKhram, grows juicy citrus, durian, longan, pomelo and gorgeous soft mangosteen. Pick these up at the local market for much less than Bangkok prices.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
CENTRAL THAILAND’S WEALTH
Thailand is a perfect place you’re interested in agricultural study. Food is never far from the Thai mind, because its mean much more than just holding body and soul together. If you visit the Thai Rice Farmers Museum at Suphan Buri you will see not only the implements involved, but the many rites surrounding it and the role of the King in rice farming through history.
Each province in the central region has its own distinctive agricultural hallmark, bold enough to identify its people by. Working west to east across the top of the Gulf of Thailand, here are some of this region’s amazing riches.
Samut Songkhram’s fertile soil produces the country’s most mouth watering fruit, succulent lynches and bittersweet pomelos inparticular. Coconut groves along the coast produce not only the oily nuts themselves, but warm brown palm sugar as well. If you visit in the morning, you can see it being made.
Samut Sakhon is best known for its fresh fish markets and rasping sea-salt, but Nakhon Chaisri inland is synonymous with the juiciest, sweetest, freshest oranges in the land. If you then go east to Ongkarak district of Nakhon Nayok, you will find yourself in the midst of masses of ornamental flowers. Some of these commercial gardens, who supply Bangkok, welcome visitors.
Rayong is known countrywide as home to the spiny, green football-sized fruit adored by many and abhorred (because of its astonishing aroma!) by a few-the durain. But don’t forget to visit Sopha Botanical Garden’s gorgeous flowering trees nearby Khao Chamao-Khao Wong National Park also abounds with many colourful plants.
At the end of the trail, Prachin Buri, even richer and wetter than Samut SongKhram, grows juicy citrus, durian, longan, pomelo and gorgeous soft mangosteen. Pick these up at the local market for much less than Bangkok prices.
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