To celebrate the Monday holiday of Macha Bucha, I journeyed to Nakorn Pathom with Piyawat's family. Our first stop was a floating restaurant on the Nakorn Chaisi River in Samphran. The specialty of the house (as far as we are concerned) is the giant grilled river prawns served with a spicy green chili dip:
Next on our tour was a visit to the Don Wai Floating Market. The place was absolutely packed with shoppers, who were mostly there to take advantage of the low veggie prices and large variety of Thai snacks for sale. One of the most interesting stalls was selling many different kinds of bananas:
I knew that there were many banana varieties, but I have never seen them all together in one place: some large, some small, some all stuck together in one big clump. It's too bad I don't actually like to eat bananas.
This is a nice day-trip if you are looking to get out of the city, as it is only about 30 kilometers to the west of Bangkok. Here's how you get there
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