Damnoen Saduak floating market

October 26th 2006
Had an early start today to go to Damnoen Saduak floating market which is about 65km outside Bangkok. Set off at 7am and stop on the way at an orchid farm for the driver to have breakfast. To get to the market I go on a long tail boat through the canals. Instead of roads running alongside the houses they had canals. All the houses were on stilts and had boats outside instead of cars, with steps do ... read more

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Sam Clarke

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After years of dreaming about it, and months of talking about it, I finally made the decision to travel. In 2006 I gave up my job and set off on an adventure to South East Asia.........and I'm still here! Last year I traveled to Sri Lanka, India and Thailand and had an amazing time, completely falling in love with the places, the people and the lifestyle - not to mention the weather. This year I returned intending to get a job, probably teaching in Bangkok I thought. When I returned I decided to revisit friends that I had made at my last port of call in 2006 where I had volunteered at an eleph... full info

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