We got up early in the morning as we didn't want to miss the real trading without tourists flooding the market and turning it into Floating Tourists! At about 8 AM, when we arrived to Damnoen Saduak (the largest and most popular market of its kind, located at about 110 kms west of Bangkok), the floating market was quiet and peaceful and we seemed to be the only foreigners around.
The market was just opening up, with local merchants loading up their wares onto their boats and gently paddling up and down the canals while offering a huge variety of fresh fruits, cooked meals, desserts and all sort of souvenirs. |
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Our driver maneuvered his boat along the different canals of the floating market, whereas we picked up some fresh coconut pancakes for breakfast.
By 9 AM the market started to be packed by tourists boats causing a real traffic jam. The entire place had become a chaotic mass of boats, color and traditions. It was a place to recall the timeless lifestyle of the native Thai people, wearing traditional straw hats and bargaining from their small wooden boats all they long.
A little further away from the crowd of the marketplace, we could take a glimpse into the real lifestyle of the local people, living in wooden houses on stakes and doing their laundry by hand on their front porch…with local children going to school in the tidiest shirts and waving their hands to the tourists passing nearby:By 9 AM the market started to be packed by tourists boats causing a real traffic jam. The entire place had become a chaotic mass of boats, color and traditions. It was a place to recall the timeless lifestyle of the native Thai people, wearing traditional straw hats and bargaining from their small wooden boats all they long.
Thailand is called the 'Land of Smiles' and this visit to Damnoen Saduak really proved it. Our entire album on the floating market.
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