Bangkok Floating and Railway Markets Weekend Edition with Wat Traimit Private Tour - BKK Tours

We took a private day trip with BKK tours to go and see some of the legendary markets of Bangkok. After an early pick up our first stop was the Maeklong Railway market. This is a locals market and 8 times a day the train runs through the center of the market. Stallholders put up their canopies and a guard closes the road. We get to see the train run at 8.30 am and back again at 9am. We then head to a traditional Coconut farm and get to see the farm owners traditional open plan house as well as trying some coconut and seeing what the wooden rabbits are all about. It was then time to head to the weekend floating Market at Tha Kha. This is only available on your tour if booked at a weekend so remember this if you intend to go on this tour. This is again a traditional market with the odd souvenir thrown in for good meadure. We then head to Damnoen Saduak which is a huge floating market catering for tourists and has souvenirs and gifts galore. We take an hour boat ride along these canals but even that was not long enough to see everything. We then set off on the 2 hour journey back to Bangkok and stop off for a spot of lunch at the Lappak Dining Room next to Hua Lamphong Railway station that was featured in our last video. We then set off to our last stop, Wat Traimit and the Golden Buddah in Chinatown before heading back to the hotel. Apply for a Thai E Visa here: https://www.thaievisa.go.th/ Nomad Life Bangkok Edition: https://youtu.be/5r2kx96T4QE Royal Blossom train to the Death Railway: https://youtu.be/jF0zpOWksoM#bangkok #bangkokthailand #thailand #thailandtravel #bkktours #maeklongrailwaymarket #thakhafloatingmarket #damnoensaduak #wattraimit #goldenbuddha #travel #globalnomadtravel #worldtraveller #worldtravel #slowtravel #digitalnomad # digitalnomadlife #retireearly #retireearlyandtravel #financialindependenceretireearly Video Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Maeklong Railway Market 04:06 Heading to the Coconut Farm 05:19 Our Pimped out ride 05:30 Tha Kha Floating Market Weekends only 06:22 Damnoen Saduak Floating Market 10:54 Heading back to Bangkok for Dinner 11:30 Wat Traimit and the Golden Buddah 12:52 Thanks for watching Hi we are James and Helen and we are Global Nomads. We are a pair of British Expats that decided to retire in our early 50’s to travel the world full time. In 2004 we left Leicester in England to live in Davenport Florida and set up a Flower Shop. We brought our 2 Rottweilers along for the ride and they had a great life in the sun. Through all of the trials and tribulations that involves (Recession, COVID, Hurricanes, Inflation and everything else) in 2023 we sold that flower shop, our house and our car to become nomadic. We sold everything we own aside from some items in our storage unit mainly photos and a few keepsakes. We made the decision to be carry on only so while we do swap out our clothes dependent on the season and where we are going we travel light. In April 2024 we set off with 10 million credit card points and the money we had saved to become Global Nomads. We plan to use the credit card points to travel until they run out and will then start to spend our money on accommodation. So in the first 2 years or longer we will primarily be in Hiltons, Hyatt’s, IHG and Marriotts as we have Hotel status with all 4. We are not budget travelers and will fly first class if it is affordable or we can get it for points. We will take cruises to help us go from a to b or geoarbitrage as it is now called and because we want great deals with special experiences plan 18-24 months out. We then fill in the gaps as we get nearer to the time. Helen has an autoimmune disease which makes walking hard and accessing doctors and bloodwork were a major concern on our travels. We will document the process of appointments, prescriptions, bloodwork and keeping on top of all of that when you are thousands of miles from your primary care Doctor We love Formula 1 so will be at races if they match our dates and plans. Helen travels with a Nikon camera so wildlife photography is definitely a passion, as with all photography it comes with a lot of heavy gear that takes up valuable space and weight! Life is short, we intend to see everything we can while we are young….ish We are here for a good time, not a long time. https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNomads93/ https://www.instagram.com/globalnomads93?igsh=emg1ZzkybnJyOXZv Email: globalnomads93@gmail.com