Bam Nam Phueng Floating Market

Our first experience of Bangkok's floating market was at Bam Nam Phueng. According to the tour guide, this isn't a famous one nor a place where most tourist go, this is just part of our tour because they wanted us to see a glimpse of how a floating market looks like. Later on in our stay in Bangkok, we would eventually see and experience how floating markets look like and personally would ride on their machine powered boats!

We hadn't had lunch but as a mother, it is essential for me to bring snacks while on a tour. It is something that I somehow go overboard too as I would bring more than we needed but my mindset is always "better to have extras not be hungry!"

So when we arrived at the floating market, we turned on our insta360 so we could capture the whole area without thinking of where to point the camera. Thankful for this type of gear, we could film ourselves without a breeze! I was the one holding the stick while my husband carries our four year old who said he didn't want to walk, he specifically said he wanted to stay in the tour bus! Bringing the pram was not a good idea too as the walkways were narrow.

In Bam Nam Phueng, some stores had closed because its already past two in the afternoon. There were still many who were selling foods, fruits, meals, souvenir items. Some were interesting, some I found familiar, but we were heading to where we could eat and I am not adventurous when it comes to food so I just stayed at fried things and familiar looking food. I found fried chicken and ended up to try one still with chicken but with some in it which I don't know what they were. We still finished them though. The pricing here was just affordable. I litterally had to practice my short Thai vocabulary because only a few of them can comprehend English. We survived!

But as we were heading back, it rained. We waited for the rain to stop and then as we were walking back to the bus, we found some of our companions staying at this coffee corner. Intrigued, so we headed towards them and ordered our coconut coffee! It was fun seeing the lady owner made the coffee. From brewing to opening the young coconut, she did it all. And the coffee was amazing! I haven't tried this kind of coffee. She used no added sugar, it was all coming from the coconut water! Amazing! It's just a wonder why the coconuts in Bangkok are sweetest! We have coconuts back in my hometown in the Philippines too but its a hit and miss but so far in Bangkok as I already had a few coconuts earlier that day, they were all sweet!

Anyway, after that coffee, we were at the bus and traveled back to our hotel. It was a long day and we wanted to rest right away! Next video would be a tour of our room! Stay tuned!

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