I got up early to be at the local floating markets (N13.51921 E99.95897) before it gets too hot. As I mentioned in the previous article the markets were quite close to the resort I was staying in. When I got there at about 7AM the market was running on almost full throttle (only some of the clothing shops located around the channels were still closed at that time). The market is really quite pretty and it is quite amazing to see all the things they can do on a little boat and sell it from it. Aside of boats full of fruits there are boats where their owners cook and fry. It is truly amazing.

There are lots of empty boats as well to take you around so that you can see all that is happening from the same level it is happening at. This seems to cost 300 Baht and if you haggle a bit then it can be 250 or 200 Baht. This is per boat so the more people the cheaper per head it is. However, you will probably have to find people to share with before you go and ask for a boat as they seem to be not willing at all to just add you to an existing group. They obviously want money for another boat, which is quite understandable. Thanks to this I haven’t tried it as the ride would cost the same as two nights in the cheapest guesthouse and because I talked to a French couple that tried it before I decided against spending the money. This couple told me that it was nice but that one could see the same thing form the banks (as you can walk everywhere). I guess that if I was with a girl I would do it as it seems to be quite a romantic thing to do. Since I was alone though I could bear missing on the romance.

After taking the necessary photos and enjoying the spirit of the market enough I went back to the resort, had shower, packed up and headed towards Nakhon Pathom which is the oldest city in Thailand and where you can find the 127m high, orange-tiled Phra Pathom Chedi – the tallest Buddhist monument in the world.

(298km)