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Bangkok is a delightful place to see. We will talk about Bangkok attractions and especially the Bangkok floating market. The Wat Traimit temple in the Chinatown area is best known for it’s more than 3 meter (10 foot) high golden Buddha image weighing more than five tons. Cast in the Sukhothai style, the image is about 900 years old and was covered in plaster to hide its value. Only in 1957 it was discovered that the statue was pure gold, when the image was moved to a new building and slipped from a crane. The temple itself is said to date from the early 13th century.

Sheer luck (or lack thereof) makes this attraction special. During the 1950s, the East Asiatic Company purchased the land around the temple. A condition of the sale was the removal of a plaster statue of Buddha, but the statue proved too heavy for the crane being used. The cable parted and the figure was dropped, being left overnight where it fell. It happened to be in the rainy season, and when next morning some monks walked past, they noticed a glint of gold shining through the plaster. The coating was removed, revealing a 3.5 m Buddha cast from 5.5 tons of solid gold. All attempts to trace the origin of this priceless statue have so far failed, but it is assumed to date from the Sukhothai period, when marauding invaders threatened the country and its treasures, and it became common practice to conceal valuable Buddha figures beneath a coating of plaster. No one knows how it came to Bangkok, but here it stands available for the admiration of visitors from all over the world.

Talad Rot Fai Srinakarin Night Market : A shopping paradise for fans of vintage stuff: If you are into things in vintage style, then you will find your place at the Warehouse Zone and Rod’s Antiques areas. Products are impressive in variety and quantity. And shoppers can get more inspiration for their love from many fellow vintage stuff lovers and hunters there. Genuine vintage and antique items available: Collectors can rest assure that items showcased at Rod’s Antiques section like French chandeliers, classic cars, motorbikes, cameras and kitsch furniture are all real things. Some comes from Thailand while others made their long way from all over the world (American, Europe, China and Myanmar) to shine their beauty at the market.

The market of Amphawa is among the areas of the Thai inhabitants of Bangkok, that come here fleeing in the turmoil of the city brought from the remainder given by the landscape of the region Thai, you will be able to find here everything, from fruits to vegetables, from fish to meat, clothing, gift item, all kinds of typical Thai local food.

Our tour driver was very friendly and the guide well knowledgeable and helpful, as you might be confused about which floating market to visit, I can definitely recommend you to join this tour to the Amphawa Floating Market. The Amphawa floating market is for sure worth a visit when you are in Bangkok, plenty of spots to sit, set your camera for amazing pictures. Really good food and great waterways experience. This is a very easy going tour to enjoy a great experience. See more details at https://amphawafloatingmarket.net/.