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    The Floating Market in Thailand

    February 29, 2012 by Kankana Saxena

    Out of all the beautiful places we visited in Thailand, this tourist spot topped on my list. It's a market in the middle of a huge canal, where vendors float in their small boats selling local products. You can expect to find vegetables, fruits, clothes, bags, shoes, spices.. almost anything you are looking for.

    It opens early morning at around 8 am and shuts down at around 11 am. This was a bummer for me as I am not a morning person at all!  We drove for 2 hrs from Bangkok and reached the market just on time. We immediately hired a boat and spent about 3 hours rowing, eating fruits, shopping and of course, capturing the moments.

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    1. Nisha

      April 03, 2012 at 7:57 am

      The pics look better than the place actually is, hehe. I remember this one time, like 10 years ago, we were there, and my chachi was "window shopping" asking prices wherever our boat passed by ... after a while my chacha got annoyed and told the next shopkeeper "don't tell her the price, she's not going to buy anyway" .... it was hilarious 😀

    2. Elizabeth

      March 19, 2012 at 10:02 am

      These are such beautiful photos!

    3. Tiffany

      March 12, 2012 at 5:59 am

      WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This looks out of this world!

    4. FictionsFactsFractiousness

      March 10, 2012 at 2:39 am

      Lovely photos- your trip looks amazing! All that fresh fruit, wow. But yes, I don't think I would be able to get out the door quick enough to catch any as I'm no good at mornings either 🙂

    5. tigerfish

      March 07, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      The floating market never really changed except more people and more product offerings! 🙂 But it was more than 20 yrs I visited so something may have changed - just that my memory has failed me. :O

      Thanks for sharing your photo moments.

    6. Manju

      March 07, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      The photos just look gorgeous! I wanna go to Thailand now! I am due for a vacation anyway, that's what I keep telling AJ 😛

    7. Marta

      March 07, 2012 at 3:49 am

      beautiful pictures. I've been there as well and I liked the atmosphere. Plus I thing we captured the same people, hahaha.

      http://goldentimesnewwoman.com/?p=190

    8. Ananda Rajashekar

      March 05, 2012 at 9:28 am

      Oh great pic Kankana, rush whole lot of memories during my visit to Thailand. i seriously love Thailand for cheerful people, fruits, food, shopping and road side time pass... i have my best friend their 🙂

    9. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com

      March 05, 2012 at 8:27 am

      What an eye candy!! THanks for the treat of Thailand -- it's floating market is absolutely a bazaar filled with delights! 🙂

    10. Irena

      March 04, 2012 at 9:17 am

      Kankana, what a treat, amazing, beautiful photos. Thank you so much for posting this fantastic experience, it's like, we been there:)

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