6th April – Dangerous Market & Floating Market

We set off this mornings at 6:00am, all a bit bleary eyed, for a long bus drive to the floating markets. We were provided with a light breakfast and most of us promptly nodded off.

We were woken up by our tour guide telling us about the “Dangerous Market” and asking if we would like to visit. The dangerous market or folding umbrella market as it is also known, is a market that is set up on a railway line with the stalls and awnings covering the lines. When a train passes along the market the stall holders have to move the stall back on rollers and pull in the awnings so that the train has enough room to pass by.

It was hilarious to watch the process as we were in the middle of the market when we heard the toot of a train horn.  The market disappeared in front of our eyes and we had to stand as close to what was left of the stalls, pressed up against the prawns as the train passed inches from our noses.

After leaving the dangerous market we stopped to watch how coconut oil & palm sugar is made from coconut flowers by boiling it in huge woks.

We then went onto the floating markets which was a combination of locals selling their fruit & vegetables to lots of tourists. The boat trip to the market was exiting as our “long tail boat “ wound its way through some narrow and some quite wide canals.

Then onto the Rose Garden which is set in a beautiful garden with a fabulous lake, for lunch with some very tasty dishes and back to the bus for the 2 hour trip back to the hotel so we could pack our cars and prepare for our long journey ahead.

Our evening was taken up with trying to recover the blog which had somehow completely broken and packing for day 1 of our drive to England.

2 Comments

  1. Loved the dangerous market, particularly Mike’s laugh in the background.
    This is only the first city in what will be an amazing adventure for you all.
    Safe travels

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