As promised, Penny hired her brother for an all day tour to the famous floating market and the rose garden. Thankfully, Penny knew the drill, and had us leave the house at 6am to get to the market first, before the heat and tens of huge tour buses arrived.

It took a good 2 1/2 hours to get there, but we enjoyed the rural scenery the entire drive in the comfortable air condition of the car. We passed rice fields, coconut and banana farms and even saw a few water buffalo hanging around by the road.

When we arrived it was still the early morning ( about 8am) and we were first to get in the market canal on a paddle boat. This is the best way to see the market, because you can go down many little canals which are not accessible to pedestrians. Penny let us know they buy the items from other cheaper flea markets in Bangkok, then bring it to the floating market to charge 2 or 3 times the price, which to tourists is still very cheap.

For 300 baht or a little less than 10 bucks, we had our own private longtail boat paddled through the market canals for an hour. We were also taken to a coconut farm, where they were making coconut juice from the flowers, and coconut sugar. I had to buy some, it was just .80 cents US for a whole bag!

I have to go right now, but will update more later!