Traveling Samut Songkhram, Tha Kha Floating Market

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There is an additional attraction for visitors on Saturdays and Sundays, but Mr.Hotsia recommends coming on the 2nd lunar day for a better atmosphere (check which day corresponds to which lunar day here). At Tha Kha Market, locals gather to offer tourists boat rides to see the gardens, coconut sugar making, and the ancient house where King Rama V once stopped by. I think if you visit here, you should take a boat tour because it's affordable and directly supports the local people.

Moreover, the atmosphere here is truly a complete garden home. Soon, it will be hard to find such places. Accommodation at Tha Kha Floating Market includes homestays costing only a few hundred baht per night, where you stay and eat with the locals. The price includes three meals. There are also room accommodations priced between 400-1000 baht depending on the location. Overall, prices are cheaper than Amphawa and the environment is more natural. However, Amphawa has nightlife vibrancy that Tha Kha Floating Market does not. Mr.Hotsia, October 2011.

The history originates from Tha Kha Floating Market, originally called Tha Kha Market, which operated at Tha Kha field, Village No. 5, Tha Kha Subdistrict. Merchants from Tha Kha and nearby subdistricts in Amphawa and Bang Khonthi districts, and some from Ratchaburi, would paddle boats carrying agricultural products to Tha Kha field. Meanwhile, people from Mueang district would bring seafood to trade and exchange at Tha Kha field.

The market was scheduled on the 2nd, 7th, and 12th lunar days (especially if these days fall on weekends, many tourists, both Thai and foreign, visit). The reason for this schedule was to avoid overlapping with nearby markets such as Bang Chak, Bang Noi, and Bang Nok Kwaek. However, because some people intercepted goods along the way to resell, the market moved back to its current location in Village No. 2.

Tha Kha Subdistrict, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, renamed as Tha Kha Floating Market. The people of Tha Kha have a lifestyle of waterway trade. Originally, they farmed medicinal plants, garlic, lettuce, etc. But due to frequent flooding during the rainy season, they switched to planting coconuts in ridges instead. The people of Tha Kha live naturally in a shady area.

There are many canals flowing through, with tides rising and falling twice daily according to the sea. The community lives in harmony and unity, mostly of the same lineage, living simply without extravagance.... http://www.thakha.go.th Video of coconut sugar making by Tha Kha floating market locals. Boat tour at Tha Kha floating market to see coconut sugar making. Video of the ancient house at Tha Kha floating market where King Rama V once visited Kamnan Chan.

13 28 10.44 N, 99 58 28.878 E GPS coordinates (POI) 13 27 57.06 N, 99 59 40.308 E 2 7 12 lunar days, especially good on weekends 13 28 19.415 N, 99 59 41.531 E 13 28 19.5 N, 99 59 41.598 E Selling only three baskets of Sesban flowers, a sufficient life is possible today 13 28 19.446 N, 99 59 41.364 E A Samut Songkhram lady selling sweet pomelos 13 28 7.11 N, 99 59 28.487 E Watch how coconut palm sugar is made by boiling, stirring, and pouring into molds called 'pib', hence the name 'pib sugar'.

13 28 10.194 N, 99 59 28.973 E The heron, a symbol of nature's permanence here 13 28 16.56 N, 99 59 31.986 E Coconut sugar making requires collecting fresh sap from the coconut flower 13 28 20.297 N, 99 59 36.221 E This post was used to tie servants who were punished. It has stood since King Rama V's era and remains for us to see today at the house where the king once stopped. You must take a boat to see it. 13 28 19.296 N, 99 59 41.346 E Vendor at Tha Kha Floating Market

13 28 18.918 N, 99 59 41.526 E Rare and hard to find, but here it exists 13 28 19.05 N, 99 59 41.94 E Map to Tha Kha Floating Market 13 28 19.536 N, 99 59 41.285 E I tasted real 'Luk Jak' here, very delicious 13 28 18.936 N, 99 59 41.652 E Tasting 'Luk Jak' in syrup, delicious and affordable 13 28 19.548 N, 99 59 41.657 E Traditional banana sweets are usually wrapped like this 13 28 35.669 N, 99 57 55.559 E Welcome to Amphawa, Bang Khonthi. Click to see squirrels on the coconut tree.

Thakha Floating Market 13 28 19.284 N, 99 59 41.321 E 13 28 19.23 N, 99 59 41.292 E 13 28 19.224 N, 99 59 41.244 E 13 28 19.266 N, 99 59 41.382 E 13 28 19.656 N, 99 59 41.604 E 13 28 20.076 N, 99 59 42.036 E This uncle paddled the boat for me 13 28 20.058 N, 99 59 41.712 E Boat arranging staff 13 28 19.739 N, 99 59 41.747 E Dog at Tha Kha Floating Market 13 28 19.452 N, 99 59 41.364 E Samut Songkhram lady selling pomelos 13 28 19.872 N, 99 59 42.041 E

Boat queue for tourists 13 28 10.47 N, 99 59 33.03 E I boarded a boat to the garden 13 28 7.085 N, 99 59 28.674 E Coconut sugar making house, coconut sugar production 13 28 7.139 N, 99 59 28.818 E The sap must be boiled down 13 28 7.206 N, 99 59 28.235 E Coconut sugar making 13 28 7.104 N, 99 59 28.967 E With the house owner uncle 13 28 6.942 N, 99 59 28.343 E Tal Garden Homestay 13 28 10.212 N, 99 59 28.914 E 13 28 16.818 N, 99 59 32.112 E

This house where King Rama V stayed 13 28 20.513 N, 99 59 36.294 E Ancient house where King Rama V visited 13 28 20.724 N, 99 59 36.887 E 13 28 20.268 N, 99 59 36.419 E History of Kamnan Chan's house 13 28 20.238 N, 99 59 36.209 E 13 28 19.818 N, 99 59 41.616 E Young coconut and starfruit 13 28 19.074 N, 99 59 41.429 E 13 28 18.612 N, 99 59 41.465 E 13 28 18.762 N, 99 59 41.531 E Map of Tha Kha Floating Market 13 28 18.852 N, 99 59 42.287 E History and information of Tha Kha Floating Market

13 28 18.78 N, 99 59 41.789 E 13 28 19.452 N, 99 59 41.375 E Mr.Hotsia tasting Luk Jak. Other trips of mine to various floating markets in Samut Songkhram Province + plus Wang Nam Khiao :) Night trip to Amphawa Floating Market, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Mr.Hotsia visiting Wang Nam Khiao

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