Bangkok- Floating Market

We took a tour outside of Bangkok to a floating market. It was about 1.5 hours away and on the way we stopped at a coconut farm where we learned how to make coconut sugar, syrup and oil. It was super interesting and we left with tons of yummy candy!

The town was the same one featured on travel shows where the market surrounds a train track. Once a day the market moves to the side to allow the train to pass, then they move back on to the tracks right after. 

We drove past that market to catch a long tail boat ride to the floating market. There were tons of trinkets and food marketed to tourists. We floated along and ate yummy soup, fried coconut pancakes, fried coconut milk, and Gillian's favorite, fried bananas. Everything was cooked on the front of their boats. 

Charles lovin the fried coconut tacos! Talk about Thai/Mexican fusion at its finest!

The last making the fried coconut milk. You can see the small black pan where she ladled small cups of coconut milk to cook into a delicious custard. Only 20 baht!

Us with the floating market behind us. 

Gillian's new pet!

Johns new pets!  The second one is placed perfectly.

Charles's new pet!

Tour of how a Thai settlement along the canal. Their houses are raised on stilts with coconut farmland surrounding. Each house had at least one long tail boat for transportation.