November 3, 2018
I am glad that we’ve come to our last stop, The Amphawa Floating Market because by this time the heat has exhausted my energy plus I’ve been to too many floating markets already today. I feel like I’ve been wearing the same dress longer than I should. I want to get out of my dress, wash up and rest in our airconditioned hotel room. This whole day has been sunny and hot.
I was staring at the life jackets in the ceiling. They all looked faded and old. I am sure they’ve never been been used but just faded in time. I hope our boat doesn’t sink or else I would be the last person to grab a jacket.
The boat ride was short, bitin nga.
The Amphawa Floating Market is the biggest in Thailand. It has dozens of souvenir shops, clothing, bags and shoe stores, native delicacies, art lining the Maeklong River.
The main reason why people come here actually is to eat seafood. There are countless food carts, stalls, restaurants. They have exotic food and delicious looking food I have never seen before. My question again is how come Thai people are generally slim despite the abundance of all this diet-busting food?
This place is not so far from Bangkok. It’s about an hour drive or 1.5 if you get caught up in highway traffic jam. Bangkok is home to many regional offices of foreign companies so I am not at all surprised seeing many expats chilling out, drinking beer, eating here.
Plenty of handicraft stores
and “American” pizza too
Remember this is a food tour so our guide Olive brought us here to have our final taste of Thai cuisine. My excitement is dwarfed by the heat.
I wanted to taste their alimasag.
I requested to dine in the airconditioned room but it will only be available at 4 pm. We don’t want to wait for an extra half hour so we just occupied a table closest to the giant cooling fan.
Olive did the ordering.
Ginisang kangkong and crab meat with curry sauce.
Olive paid for our meal. It was 172 baht or P277 on a per person average
After-meal coffee
Aside from the shops and food stalls by the river, there are also dozens of vendors on the street leading to the port selling all kinds of yummy food.
