Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

Already two and a half weeks into our trip, this blog entry (and a few more to shortly follow) is coming to you late and will attempt to sum up the adventures we have been on so far. Emily and I spent one of those weeks in and around Bangkok, and the other in Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai. We are currently in Laos (but that is getting ahead of ourselves …

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The news were terrifying: The worst floods of the last 50 years, road blocks everywhere, pictures of people in boats in the streets..

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So we got up this morning at the ungodly hour of 5:30. We're on holidays so it’s just not right. We dragged ourselves to get ready and then headed down to breakfast for ten minutes before our bus came to pick us up on our tour for the day. The bus came just before 7am and we headed around and picked up other passengers and then swapped mini …

Our tour guide Tiger (he described his name as a meow rather than a roar) collected us from our hotel at 7 in the morning and shot of at great speeds towards Kanchanburi, 2 hours west of Bangkok.

Erawan Waterfalls
Our first was the Erawan National Park which contained a seven tiered Waterfall, all accessible by foot. Each tier …

We arrived in Bangkok for the second time, and with our new found haggling skills got a tuk tuk into an area called Silom where we were staying for a couple of nights.

That night we went to visit the Chatuchak weekend market, which was huge so many different stalls selling souvenirs, food and clothes. After walking round a fraction of it …

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I can't believe I'm finally here!

The flight over was ok considering how long it was, although the stopover in Mumbai was a bit of a nightmare! The only word I can use to describe it was chaos. The stopover was just under 2 hours, so I thought I would have some time to stretch my legs and relax in …

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Today I had an early start to go and visit one of the iconic attractions in Thailand: a floating market. Damnoen Saduak is possibly the most famous (though, to be truthful, I'd never heard of it) and it’s about a two hour drive from Bangkok – hence the early start.


It’s both interesting and disappointing at the same …

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Got up bright and early this morning at 6:00a.m., to head out to the Floating Markets. This is one of the only unspoiled rural floating markets left in Thailand. It is located 110 km. west of Bangkok in Duamnuen Saduak.

Once we arrived at the jetty (the pier), we boarded a long-tailed boat and cruised …

We read in the travel book that in order to get good pictures at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market you have to get there before 7:00am. So we hired a taxi to drive us the 2 hour trip starting at 5:00am in order to get there in time. Purchased a ticket ...

The Samnoen Saduak Floating Market is every sat/sun and is open from 7am-4pm. For the last 20 years the markets have moved away from a traditional farmers market towards tourism. Due  to modernization, roads, scooter etc the canal systems ...

... what the tour entailed. So without further explanation of what had been planned for this trip, here's what went down: FLOATING MARKET: Once upon a time, perhaps 20 years ago, this would have been an authentic Thai experience. However, times ...

Damnoen Saduak... home of the floating markets.  The realm of picture perfect postcards.  A vision of chaotic beauty.  Or, as we discovered, a total waste of time and money. First of all we had to get from Bangkok from which you have a ...

If u book a tour in Bangkok to visit a floating market, probably this is where you will be going. The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, is about 100 km west of Bangkok. The floating market is no doubt a change of scenery from Bangkok flirting market ...

... the pollution and head south. We managed the Thai bus system fairly well, and made our first stop at Damnoen Saduak for the floating market. Our impression was that although this was once an important part of life for the population living on canals, ...

... of Bangkok tourists arrived. Sort of a challenge to find good dinner, but we made it, with the help of flexibility and 7-11. The market itself was a little overly souvenir-oriented for us, but it was nice to be on a boat for a couple hours in the ...

Marce flottant Floating market ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. La journee d'hier a ete super fatiguante. Ce n'etait pas vraiment prevue au ...

After Bangkok, the plan was to head west, so we decided to stop off en route at the much raved about floating market of Damnoen Saduak where the rowing boats of traders and shoppers alike bustle for position in between a mass of waterside stalls. The ...

... into a taxi that very comfortably drove us to the terminal. The hostess of the bus company came over to help us. "floating market?" "No, thanks, Nakon Pathom please" " this way".... aaaaaaah, easy! Got onto the bus, realised it wasn't the same ...