Thai Festivals & Events Thai Photo Blogs by Richard Barrow
For people who live in Bangkok, the nearest place to go and enjoy the sea breeze and feed the seagulls is at Bang Pu Seaside Resort in Samut Prakan. From BTS Bearing sky train station, it takes only about 45 minutes by taxi. It is also only about 15 minutes away from the popular outdoor museum at Ancient Siam so it is good to combine the two. Maybe explore Ancient Siam by bicycle in the afternoon and then head...
On Sunday 18th December 2011, there will be an organized bicycle trip from Bangkok to Bang Pu Seaside Resort in Samut Prakan Province. It is free to join the trip and there is no need to register. The route there and back is approximately 80 kilometres. At this time of year in Bang Pu, there are many migratory seagulls that you can feed on the pier . The meeting place is at TCHA on Chula Soi 6 at 7...
The main event of the year in Samut Prakan Province is the Phra Samut Chedi Temple Fair which is held on both sides of the river. This is a celebration of the chedi for nine days and nine nights commencing the fifth waning moon day of the 11th lunar month. This year it takes place from 17th to 28th October. It is believed to be the longest running temple fair in Thailand as it is now in its 184th...
The Lotus Flower Receiving Festival, called rub Bua in Thai, takes place at Bang Phli every year one day before the end of the Buddhist Rain Retreat. This is on the morning of the fourteenth day of the waxing moon in the eleventh lunar month (usually in October). Traditionally, local people line up on both sides of Klong Samrong in Bang Phli and throw lotus flowers onto the boat carrying a replica of a revered Buddha image. This image...
The Old Bang Phli Market Festival takes place every year in the month leading up to the Rub Bua Festival. The 150 year old market on Samrong Canal is one of the oldest in the country that is still running. The Old Market is open every day but there are more activities at the weekend during the festival. This is a good opportunity to see the traditional way of life of the Bang Phli people living along the canal....
TOUR 2: Bang Nampheung Floating Market, The Erawan Museum, Reclining Buddha at Bang Phli and finishing with a meal at sunset at the Bang Pu Seaside Resort. Samut Prakan Province is sandwiched between Bangkok and the Gulf of Thailand. As it is so close to the capital of Thailand it doesn’t receive many independent travellers. Most people see it as just the suburbs. Even the mighty Lonely Planet Guidebook for Thailand has now dropped the chapter on Samut Prakan....
TOUR 1: The Erawan Museum, Ancient Siam, Crocodile Farm and finishing with a seaside meal at Bangsaen 2. Samut Prakan Province is home to the international airport at Suvarnabhumi and is literally on the doorstep to Bangkok. It also has some amazing and impressive attractions. However, it doesn’t really receive many independent travellers. People usually come here on package tours from Bangkok that take them either to the Crocodile Farm or the Ancient Siam. The other attractions are often...
The Erawan Museum, a giant three-headed elephant along Sukhumwit Road in Samut Prakan Province, have recently announced a change in price structure for admission. The 50 Baht charge to walk around the gardens has now been scrapped. A Free Zone has been set up that includes the Restaurant and Souvenir shop but not the garden. The entrance fee for the tour of the museum and elephant remains at 150 Baht for Thai people. However, for foreigners, this has now...
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