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Amphawa Slideshow
Amphawa
Travel Blogs from Amphawa, Thailand
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Floating Market, Samut Songkhram, Thailand
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Amphawa
This is a top pick! ... up and a bus back. It's a pretty easy weekend trip from Bangkok. I stole all of these photos from Lindsey. HD video of Amphawa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7ehS_uOWI To see some of Lindsey's awesome Thai jewelry for sale: ...
Amphawa - life in a floating market
... 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
... . (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 ...
Sleepy little Amphawa
... 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 ...
COC Camp Oct 9-13
... that 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 ...
Floating Market Town
... , unknown to most foreign travelers. This floating market town, called Amphawa, is built on the Chao Praya River delta. It has lovely Old World charm, maintaining the architecture and customs ...
Malaysia and Thailand
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
... " 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 ...
Samut Songkhram ... wir haben dich doch gefunden
Nachdem wir die ungefähren Zugzeiten des kleinen Zuges Richtung Samut Songkhram wissen machen wir uns gegen 09:00 auf den Weg .. um über Wongwian Yai nach Mahachai und danach zum Markt zu gelangen, den wir zuerst mit dem Zug durchfahren sollen ..... ...
Samut Sakhon and the Floating markets
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 ...
Amphawa
For the night, we stayed in Amphawa, a town built on water and canals somewhat like a Thai Venice. The night included some fun shopping, some beer with a Thai covering Nirvana in acoustic, and a ferry ride at night to see fireflies in the tree (of which ...
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