ClickSaturday My volunteered to take the girls to their various dance and piano lessons, thus freeing up Kook to play with us. She wanted to take us to Ko Kret and the Chatuchak Weekend Market. Ko Kret Ko Kret is a small island in the Chao Phraya River, just north of Bangkok. It was a […]
Market
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
ClickWhen I visited the floating market 45 years ago, it was an actual market, used by Thai people. In 1974 it was featured prominently in “The Man With the Golden Gun.” Popularity with tourists increased. Also, back then, many people’s homes were not connected by land, and boat was the only way to get to […]
Maeklong Railway Market
ClickI’ve got to hand it to people that have found a way to monetize something that is ubiquitous throughout Southeast Asia. They make a big deal of the railway market, and how the shop keepers and restauranteurs set up over the tracks, only to put it all away when the train comes by. There is […]