We have booked a tour package from Mamatour for a half day tour at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market at the price of 350Baht per pax.
Waking up early this morning, the limo was waiting for us outside our hotel. We hop onto the limo and we were brought towards our destination.
Before that, I would blog about the history of this so call, Most Popular Floating Market in Bangkok.
"The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is located at Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi Province, about 105 kms from Bangkok. According to history around 1866, King Rama IV ordered that a 32 kms long canal be dug at Damnoen Saduak. This canal would connect the Mae Klong River with the Tacheen River. The excellent quality soil beside the canal is very fertile and suitable for growing many kinds of fruits and vegetables. The area is famous for Malacca grape, Chinese grapefruit, mangoes, bananas, and coconut." Quoted from here
As such, time flies, and it had turned into a tourist hub and it offers visitors to experience the old and traditional way of selling and buying fruits, vegetables, whereby, all the trading will be done on the boat or by the river bank. Interesting right?
The journey towards Damnoen Saduak was abt 2hrs from our hotel and once we reached, we were then transported into a small canal.
Becareful when you climb onto the canal as it might throw you into the river if there is any imbalance on either side. Haha.
5 of us plus a japanese guy(total 6 of us) hopped onto the canal. Our transporter was a lady in her mid-30s and she was seated at the rear.
Here we go...Traditional wooden houses were built along the river...
Friendly uncle waving to us..
Our transporter huffed and puffed rowing the canal all by her own and finally we reached Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.
The first thing we saw. Guess what? Jam. This is not traffic jam. I would call Boat Jam!
It was so happening along the market. The whole river were filled with canals!
We could see people trying to sell their product once you went pass their boat. But, we noticed that the price here is slightly more expensive.
Pictures is better than words. Enjoy...:)
Tried to shoot some potraits with my lovely compact FZ-28. When I can have my first DSLR, I wonder.. :P
Well, this is a must try. Mango Sticky rice. Extremely sumptuous!
Coconut ice cream. Hmm, I prefer the one in Chatuchak ;p but it still taste good.
Something special cooked in Thai style - Pork Noodles!
BBQ Banana! This is how they do the trading with us, using a long stick to reach us!
Thai Coffee. Not too sweet. Explicitly made!
Connie and Huang Ying waiting at the boat pier..
It's about time and we left from Floating Market towards the city. Our first destination, MBK Shopping Center. Welcome!
It's time to fill our stomach. Japanese food this time. We opted for Fuji Japanese Restautant.
One of the design in the restaurant.
Thailand is also well known for its Japanese Food. Tasty and cheap! The portion can easily fit for 2 person. However, as we need to replenish all the energy lost, each of us ordered a set for our own. Hehe..
After the lunch, shopping time! This is the shop where Connie and HuangYing got their bags. I would reccomend you guys this shop in MBK center. Great service and good price!
Now, this shop ChinaRong, where we got all the Bangkok specialties back.
We began headed down towards our next destination Siam Paragon. Before that, lets see how the traffic jam look like in Bangkok. Stunning isn't it? KL still lose to Bangkok. Haha.
Finally we reached the entrance of Siam Paragon. Look, everyone hands are full with souvenirs to be brought back to hometown.
We visited the famous Gourmet Market in Siam Paragon to grab more souvenirs back home!
We managed to try the spiral crispy potatoes coated in BBQ flavour. Very nice!
Shopping as part of our plan today, without wasting any time, we headed towards Central World for the shop which offers the famous Bangkok Bag a.k.a 曼谷包 - Naraya.
5 of us posting with all the "Victory Item" of Day 4. From souvenirs of Chinarong, Gourmet Market and Naraya. We have 2 thumbs up for this!
On top of central world we have the Redsky cafe located at the 55th floor. The highest peak in Bangkok!
The view on the 55th floor is just stunning! Absolutely magnificent. Do bring extra clothes when you visit as it will be cold and windy.
5 of us marked our presence there!
Not forgetting the pic of only 2 of us. :P
At around 11pm, we left and we ended our day in Mcd, for our dinner or supper. Introducing, Thailand Pork Burger. Hehe.
We ended our day here. Really enjoying every second we had in Bangkok!
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