Many Floating Tourists...

We met our van at the unearthly hour of 6:30 am to set out for Damnoen Saduak, the original floating market located about 90 mins west of Bangkok. This was the way Thais would market back in the day when travel by boat in the klongs was the typical way of life.

The popularity of floating markets soared in the past 20 years as they were used in all the official tourism photos of Thailand. A couple of smaller versions have been started closer to Bangkok but we wanted to see the original version.

We had a short 15 min ride to the market itself in a long-tail boat, going through the smaller klongs to get there - it was very pleasant. When we got to the market, we chartered a small boat paddled by an older woman which took us through the market itself.


After buying a few trinkets, I got some kanom buang for me and some mango and sticky rice for the girls. I also ended up having some fresh coconut juice and a traditional Thai ice tea.





The market got incredibly busy by 10 am so it was good that we got an early start. Apparently, it's even busier on the weekends, when more Thai visitors come, in addition to all the foreign tourists. All the foreigners like the souvenirs and trinkets; all the Thais come to eat!