The Floating Market

It is almost a 2 hour drive from Bangkok to get to the floating market so that is why we hadn't seen this yet, but it was so cool it was well worth the trip. We started by taking a long tail boat through man-made canals that provide the only means of access to the homes of many boat people living in this community. Much of the actual market is there for the tourists, but intermixed were the locals going about their daily lives. Our guide said the market is a social gathering place for many of the local old women.