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To go to the floating market you have to wake up very early since the market closes about mid-day. In our case we left our hotel around 7 am for the two-hour drive to the market. Along the way we stopped at a rest stop, the orchid farm, which was already full of tourists (tourist trap?). The 15-minute stop allowed us to browse the stalls selling local handicrafts and souvenirs. They also took our pictures candidly and tried to sell them when we were about to leave. From the rest stop, it was another 30-minute drive to the boat ride to the market. We then boarded a motorized boat to go to the real market. The ride was thrilling and it was interesting to see friendly locals engaging in their various activities. After about 30 minutes, we arrived at the floating market. The market was full of sellers, selling everything from fruit, noodles, everyday necessities, to souvenirs, handicrafts, and spices. We roamed the market for about an hour, had fun testing our bargaining skills and bought fried bananas, coconuts, some spices, durians (not to be missed), and mangoes. The market was full of tourists and some say it's too commercialized now that it had lost some of its original charms. But I still feel it was a good experience. Definitely one of the high points of our visit to Thailand. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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| | | | Floating Market: Damnoen Saduak Floating Market1 | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Damnoensaduak is believed to be one of a well-known and an attractive travelling sites. Historically, Damnoenssaduak was actually the name of the canal dug in the reign of King Rama IV by the military men and the people of Rajburi, Samutsakorn and Samutsongkram Province directed by Phayasrisuriyawong, the minister of Defence. In those days without rivers and canals, transportation was almost motionless; King Rama IV with his great concern over the country's future economic growth, he finally had the canal dug to connect the Taachin River in Samutsakorn Province and Maklong River in Samutsongkram Province together. Nowadays Damnoensaduak is one of a provincial district of Rajburi Province. Most people live densely along both sides of the canal from one end of the canal to another.The majority of this people are agriculturists. They grow several different kinds of fruit and vegetable for examples oranges, grapes, papayas, cabbages, bean, onion and etc. The land in this area is naturally fertile. Apart from providing transportation, Damnoensaduak Canal also provides farmers with adequate water for agricultural purposes for the whole year around. More than 200 small canals were dug by local peasants to connect with it to get water to splatter their land. Moreover; these small canals also become protitiouus ways of taking their agricultural products to the markets in neighbouring provinces and Bangkok. Day in and day out from about 8 a.m. to about 11 a.m. the Floating Market is routinely crowded with hundrreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. What they purchase are particularly food, fruit and vegetable which mostly brought from their own orchards. Continue to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market 2 Leave a Comment
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| | | | Floating Market: Colour, Culture, Food ,Tradition @ Floating Market | Tip Rating: | | | | |
We booked a day tour from the tour operator adjoining our hotel, choosing the full day tour which featured the Damneun Floating Market and several other attractions. We had 19 in our group and the tour bus arrived at 7:15am, very early for some but we were lucky as breakfast was available from 6am. The early start is to beat the traffic and get to the markets early as it is a morning market.Our trip took approximately 2 hours including a stop at a craft market. The bus does not go direct to the floating market but stops several kilometres away, where you are transferred onto longboats (8 passengers) and you are then taken for a very fast ride along the canals getting a good view of canal life, typical Thai homes, an elephant relaxing in a field and after 10 minutes you suddendly come upon the colourful and congested floating market. Our longboat was not allowed into the market and we alighted at the wharf and walked around viewing the various boats displaying their goods. The floating market boats mostly sold food, usually fruit , vegetables etc, however on land there were many stalls selling everything from silk to keyrings. You can take a boatride in small rowboats where you will be taken in amongs the market boats and can actually pull alongside and make a purchase. I had previously visited the market in 1977, it was much the same , but less commercial. I enjoyed this vist and would go again. Our day tour included lunch, and a visit to the Crocodile Farm and Elephant Show, both of which are well worth seeing. The cost of our day tour to all these places was 900 baht, approx Au $31. Leave a Comment Directions: About 2 hours by car outside Bangkok city center
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