Amphawa, Thailand Travel Blogs

Floating Market, Samut Songkhram, Thailand
May 10, 2008 (24 photos)

... market is only open in the morning.  Ugh!)  I understand floating markets are an endangered form of exchange in Thailand as many village people are migrating to use larger markets in the cities.  So there are fewer of these left, and I ...

Amphawa - life in a floating market
May 19, 2008

... on the floor alongside the canal.  I have to say I never thought I would enjoy resting alongside a muddy-coloured canal in Thailand, but this place has a really nice atmosphere! After we cooled down a bit, we wandered along the canal - and about 50m ...

The good, the bad and the ugly... random thoughts
May 19, 2008

... ; (We just don't ponder where the food was sitting all day....) * There is a significant number of 'transvestites' throughout Thailand (ie guys living as girls, anyhow).  What is perhaps surprising is that the seem to be fairly well accepted ...

Sleepy little Amphawa
May 20, 2008

... than anticipated (due to us enjoying the places we stayed so much), we have now decided to forego the long drive down to Southern Thailand.  Instead we will be flying to Krabi for a night, then moving on to start the 'island-hopping' phase of our trip ...

COC Camp Oct 9-13
Oct 10, 2009 (10 photos)

... sounds, but it's so different. One of the returnees who was with us at the camp, P' Jaa was saying how most of Thailand besides Bangkok is pretty much a third-world country. It's true, you see it everywhere. The mangroves are awesome. I've never seen ...

Back in tha KOK
Feb 22, 2007

aaah, home again!

Malaysia and Thailand
Dec 31, 2005 (9 photos)

After 24hrs travelling through Malaysia and main land Thailand we got to Koh Samui at 7pm, extremely tired but that didn't stop us getting bang on it :o) The next day we decided we were going to go to Koh Phangan for the beach party, glow sticks and hot ...

Samut Songkhram & Ampawa floating market
Aug 23, 2008 (29 photos)

... " temple, a temple overgrown by trees.  Before we headed back home Phuen saw a fortune teller. It is very common in Thailand and some people might take it seriously. They want to know what is going to happen so they can prepare for it. People ...

en route 01
Mar 15, 2002

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Samut Sakhon and the Floating markets
Jan 7, 2008 (44 photos)

After an embarrasing incident at the airport, which I will not go into I am now in Thailand for another 2 days!! After stuffing around and not doing anything for the last couple waiting for my flight i didnt want to waste some more. So after making my way ...

en route 16
Jun 25, 2002

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