Bangkok Local Culture & Nearby Downtown Experience | Bangkok Walking Tour, Maeklong Railway Market, Damnoen Floating Market

Where to go for a relax and not too hectic day trip in & surrounded Bangkok? Well, I have this option after I found and proof it haha. Continue from last post about Bangkok this post I will share about Bangkok Walking Tour and daytrip to Maeklong Railway Market & Damnoen Floating Market 

Bangkok Walking Tour

Well, I think I’m addicted to join walking tour on a new places as its refreshing, enrich your knowledge about the local history and culture, also flexible to join. So, Bangkok is the 4th city on my walking tour journey after Jakarta, Semarang, and Kathmandu. 

How to book? Download GuruWalk app, register, and book the tour. There are many different route and this time I join. the Old District of Capital City route by Guru Swai. If you still confuse, actually its like open trip by walking, you will be given the meeting point and after that you will pay (some is pay as you wish some have the rate). The person who will join mostly is solo traveler, you will be on the group with other new friends. 

For this route we walk start from MRT Sam Yot then we visit the flower market, local market, royal theatre, Wat Arun, Wat Pho along the way until Grand Palace. 

match my outfit haha

they said the river is black but not dirty bcs so many fish inside haha

Maeklong Railway Market

Nah I believe most of people already know this spot which have the market in both side of railway and hype on socmed. So here we are. You can directly go there, can take the train from beginning or like me to join a day trip. Personally I like this daytrip because more comfortable, so you will take the private car onto a station (mid of the train route) and get in and will be around 20-30 mins until you reach the market.

The train will get slower when enter to the market

You will found the souvenir shop here also

Market first or railway first? The answer is : market first. So before they already have the market here like fish market with the main transportation is boat but it need more time to transport so government build the railway as transportation to let the fisherman sell the fish to city then after its viral on socmed it become the iconic one. 

If you take the train you will pass through fish factory with the smell. 

After this we go to the Damnoen Floating Market around 30 mins from this railway market. What to do there? Having local food which they sell on the boat :

1. You can be on the ground and buy from the seller on the boat

2. You can take the boat around and the seller also will come to your boat to sell 

Try both its such a very local experience haha but its hot 

boat noodle THB 70

Coconut ice cream THB 50

Well its very hot but you can try the downtown area nearby Bangkok and feel the ambience also a great experience. 

 

A 2000 SqKM National Park | Khao Yai, Thailand

It was a suddent trip that always in my list since I see the picture of Khao Yai National Park but since it is 141 km from Bangkok and the only option is by car to get there so I was think twice until I got the chance this time yeay! 

excited me on early morning to Khao Yai

The only way to get there is by car, whether you drive or join the trip but I suggest to join the trip. Why? First its quiet far even after you arrive the entrance gate it took 1 hour to go inside by driving until you get to your spot. Second there are many spot inside if you go by yourself you will waste the time to search how to get there also to go inside the jungle it quiet dangerous if you go by your own. So the best choice is to get the trip from Bangkok. 

Well from Bangkok you need to start early and arrive after around 2.5 to 3 hours. This time I have 3 point to visit in Khao Yai. 

So Khao Yai means big mountain, it cover more than 2,000 square kilometers of forest & grassland in central Thailand. Cross 4 province : Saraburi, Ratchasima, Pranchinburi, Nakhon Nayok it made this national park have several entrance gate from each province but it all goes to the same area. 

Since it so huge so you will explore by car, the car will drop you on the point (park) you want to explore and you go by yourself then after you finish we move to other point by car again. 

I went to 2 waterfall (they called Nam Tok in Thai) and 1 trekking jungle (the real jungle). 

Since you will use your feet alot, you should wear a very comfortable and non slippery outdoor footwear (i wear my keen its all good) and wear a comfortable outfit also dont forget your sunnies & sunblock and small petty cash. Oh I dont think its necessary to bring the camera since when you go to jungle you need to walk in a difficult land so bring as less as you can. Dont forget to bring water and dont litter inside park. 

First stop Haew Narok Nam Tok

It was easy step on the beginning then after that 200 step down and up. Well the stairs itself can make your feet like no feel haha. 

bit part of the stairs that made my feet feel nothing hehe

This beauty scenery you will found 360 degree inside Khao Yai — greenies, blue sky, and clear air

We have lunch on the canteen and its like Thai food, not expensive you can choose what you want plus you also can order some coffee or thai tea there. A deer acompany my lunch time haha. 

the canteen crowded but quiet comfortable

Next stop is a trekking one with the real jungle experience to Orchid Waterfall like we see elephant poop here and there and also the road not comfortable to walk by, you need to cross the fall down tree trunk. It was like 5 km if not wrong but it feels far because the road is not really a road to walk haha. 

yes we did it. we cross this “bridge”

Our guide take a pic of me taking pic haha

its a real hidden gem you will love it if you are a mountain person

Last stop is a Haew Suwat waterfall also and the easiest one of the day yet a very commercial one I think. It was well infrastructured for elder and kids only a stairs then you can see it. For me I dont really love this one so I only enjoy sitting in the calm corner there since the second point which is the trekking one got my heart already hard to beat haha. 

It was my first time to be in this level of jungle, okay chelsie you grow to another level, we can go to next jungle level haha.