The last stop in my whirlwind tour of TY-land that Saturday was a trip to Amphawa. This place has the feel of a smaller, rural village on the river and is about an hour away from Bangkok. I suppose it's about like going to Red Wing from Minneapolis.
So we drive an hour out to this place, which is awesome I might add because the A/C was on full blast and I really needed it by this time!
My hosts directed the driver to a local place on the river so we could have dinner. The food was blissful. The thing in the middle of the picture below is like finely shredded fish that is then deep fried into a mountain of crispy deliciousness. Honestly, I loved every bite of food there.
So how to describe the Amphawa floating market? Ok, imagine a smallish river, maybe even a canal... and both sides of it are jam-packed with shops. Shops as far as you can see up and down each side. Of course, that's not nearly enough people trying to sell you something in one place. Because in addition to the side shops, they have dozens of vendors literally in floating canoes that come up to the shore and try to sell you more stuff! And the weirdest thing is that usually these tiny canoes have a full kitchen worth of cooking food inside of them!
And if that wasn't enough, it seems like half of Bangkok wanders down there on the weekend to walk around and buy things.
It was a pretty good time, even though I have to admit I was more or less beat out of my mind and was in no mood to buy anything. We just walked up and down each side and then went back.
But it was still a really cool place to visit and experience.
Sorry I'm out of bus pictures. :(
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