Long-tailed boat ride

Bangkok is famous for the Chao Phraya river that meanders in and out of the city area. Many canals continue to be used for transport to this day. We decided that we should take a boat ride on these canals & see it for ourselves. Mr Udon took us to a pier that was next to the Rama 8 bridge to board the long-tailed boat. The price was 1500Bht for the whole boat for 1hr. The route took us on the main Chao Phraya river, into smaller canals where many Thai people continue to live their lives next to the rivers. We saw many houses built on stilts next to the canals.


There was an area where our daughter could feed some catfish too. The boatman stopped here for about 15mins and we bought bread to feed the fish. There are so many of them, well fed too I might add. The water in the smaller canals were calm whereas on the main river, it was a bit choppy. It was a good experience to see a different part of Bangkok that is rarely thought of when visiting a cosmopolitan city like Bangkok.