Shop organic at Thai floating markets

Shop organic at Thai Thailand never ceases to amaze its visitors. If you have been to some of the common destinations in the country, then Thailand’s offbeat places beckon the explorer in you. Situated only 72 km from Bangkok is a small province, Samut Songkhram, which   covers an area of 416 sq km.

The province is divided into three districts: Amphoe Mueang, Amphoe Amphawa, and Amphoe Bang Khonthi. It is accessible by car, bus and train. Though there is much to do in the province, some must-see and to-do hot-spots at this destination are the Amphawa Floating Market, Mae Klong Railway Market (Hoop Rom Market) and King Rama II Memorial Park, Ban Bang Phlap Community, Ban Benjarong Ban Chang, Mask Painting at Bhutesavara etc.

For those who enjoy cultural tourism and traditional way of life, this province has much to offer. A simpler life takes centrestage as people here earn a living from vegetable and fruit farming, coconut palm sugar simmering and so on. Furthermore, the floating market at Tha Kha still maintains the traditional way of life of a community by a canal. Deriving its name from two Sanskrit words, “samut” meaning ocean and “songkhram” meaning war, the province literally means “war ocean”. There is no evidence to indicate the establishment of the city but it is presumed to have been a former district of Ratchaburi called “SuanNok” (outside garden). During the transition from the Ayutthaya to the Thon Buri periods, it was separated from Ratchaburi and named “Mueang Mae Klong.” Samut Songkhram was historically important during the establishment of Thon Buri as the kingdom’s capital by King Taksin the Great. floating markets