Thailand Travel Blog

The Amphawa district is an important place and is much involved with Thai history from the Ayutthaya period to the early Rattanakosin period. Today, Amphawa district in Samut Songkhram province is one of the most important tourist attraction both for Thai and foreigner.

The attraction of Amphawa is the traditional village and float market. When you visit Amphawa, you will feel like you are in Bangkok 30 years ago.

How to get there

By Car : Amphawa is only 71 kilometer far from Bangkok. You can take Rama 2 road until the 63rd kilometer, then take the bridge and go to the city of Samut Songkhram. Just follow the sign to King Rama 2 Memorial Park or Amphawa. It will take approximately 6 kilometer from the city of Samut Songkhram.

By Train : From Wong Wien Yai Train Stration to Mahachai Train Station. The take the boat to cross Tha Chin River and then take a train from Baan Laem Train Station to Mae Klong Train Station. You can call Wong Wien Yai Train Station at (+66) 0-2465-2017 and Mae Klong Train Station at (+66) 0-3471-1906

By Bus : The Transport Co., Ltd. services Bangkok - Samut Songkhram buses daily from the Southern Bus Terminal on Baromrajajonnani Road. Call at 0-2435-5031 for air-conditioned buses and at 0-2434-5557-8 for non-air conditioned buses.

Bangkok Airways
Tel (+66) 02-265-5770-4
Website : http://www.bangkokair.com

I live in Bangkok, but it was only 2-3 times that I visited to Wat Phra Kaew. I know that Wat Phra Kaew is one of the top destination for tourist when they come to Bangkok. What a shame

This time, our two friends from Norway come to Bangkok and asked I and Aom to go to Wat Phra Kaew with them. I have some two pictures for you this time. But I promised that I will come back with more pictures and story about Wat Phra Kaew.

My first experienced about the train tour on the route of Death Railway in Kanchanaburi province. This time, the train tour is not in my mind. I just visited the River Kwai Bridge to look around and walked on the bridge.

While I walked on the River Kwai Bridge, there is the train come to River Kwai Bridge station.  So we walked to the train and asking the train officer about the ticket for the route of River Kwai Station to the Waterfall Station. I think it is good to get a feeling of a death railway.

I grabbed the train and take approximately 2 hours to reach the Waterfall station. Along the railway trip, I found that the scenery is really cool. Here is the picture of my trip. It’s take from inside the train when it pass the curve of the rail.

I went to Chiangmai so many times. Normally, I’m not so interested in Chiangmai Zoo until the panda came from China and shown up at Chiangmai Zoo. These pandas become now a popular landmark of Chiangmai Zoo.

The panda area is not allow travelers to use a flash when snap the photo of panda. Although Chiangmai is cold in the winter but other season is quite hot. So the panda area is full with air-conditioner to make panda feel comfortable.

The idea that bring panda to show in Chiangmai is really successful campaign of Chiangmai Zoo because the pandas can draw a lot of visitors both local and international travelers.

If you have a time to visit Chiangmai Zoo, don’t forget to say “hi” to the panda.