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We reached Amphawa in Saturday late evening (around 17.30 hrs) but there is still full with people in Amphawa float market. The famous of Amphawa is the old and traditional village. First shop that we met when enter to the Amphawa area is a tin toy shop, tin toy also considered as a tradition toy for Thai. I and Aom bought some wind up tin toy eg. wind up duck and tin yoyo. After shopping, we decided to take a foot massage first and then walk to the float market later to avoid the crowd. (more…)

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.

We were still in Samut Songkram province. We planned to go to King Rama II Park in the city of Samut Songkram. After we left the group of monkeys at Don Hoi Lord, we drove directly towards the King Rama II Park.

We drove across the bridge that crosses Klong Amphawa (Klong = canal) and saw an original atmosphere of the Thai village along the canal. Then we suddenly stopped the car and took my camera to the bridge. From my memory, I remember it is the location that I have seen in many Thai movies. Yes, it is this canal. This location is beautiful.

On the bridge, I looked around and stopped my eyes at a beautiful purple Thai and Chinese old style building. We agreed to visit that place. It was a primary school. We walked to the school and met the principle of the school, Mr. Sahut Deerod. We begged him to allow us to take pictures of the school atmosphere. This school is named “Lom Rak School”. The building is still made of wood in Thai and Chinese style. The building was original but newly painted with the purple colour. It was so cute. (more…)