每每看旅遊介紹，總會提及著名的水上市場。為了貫徹曼谷全程自助旅行，決定搭計程車到Sai Tai(Southern Bus Station南區巴士總站)再搭巴士到Damnoen Saduak Floating Market(當能沙朵水上市場)，然後租船。不過在此之前一天精力的來源-早餐，也要好好地享用。承蒙前輩們指引，7-11早餐是公認便宜又大碗的選擇，點了個可頌自加生菜，再一瓶優酪乳就是我們兩人的早餐。
進入巴士站前會總會遇到一堆人向你推銷黑頭車，而且還嘰哩呱啦說了一堆泰國話(一路上被誤認為泰國人，已經快習以為常了，還有人向我問路)，反正記得前輩們提醒的2號櫃台買水上市場的冷氣巴士票。2個小時的巴士車程，為避免中途有生理現象，建議先在巴士站上個洗手間。
上車後完全不用擔心哪一站要下車，車掌小姐會提醒你。下車後有家船家，開價1人1000B，努力殺價後，以一小時20分鐘400 B一艘船成交(實際上好像只有開1hr，不過想想就算了)。成交後，你才會看到巴士開走，車掌小姐也有向船家收comminsion的，也是為什麼車掌小姐會提醒你下車的原因。若各位對於第一間船家不是很滿意，沿途還有很多船家選擇，用走的也能走到水上市場，但我們實在不怎麼耐熱，寧可在第一間船家就成交。接下來就是沿途看風景和一堆賣紀念品的水上小販，船伕老是想把我們推向賣紀念品小販那裡，我們從一開始就表現出興趣缺缺，但經過賣食物的小販時，可是表現出極大的興趣。雖然早餐吃飽了，還是努力地硬塞食物進肚肚。我在想船伕可能覺得兩個"傲客"(台語)吧!不買東西只顧吃!
回去的巴士不是在下車處，而是要一直走過紅綠燈到對面路上搭車，沒有公車牌。個人覺得公車是屬於隨招隨停的，因為在第一間機車行前問小販，他們說在這裡等車就可以到曼谷了(Bus 996)。過不久又有兩位台灣旅客也要回去，他們拿出攻略，說到前面一點的診所搭車。所以我猜測只要過了對面，你高興站哪等就站哪兒等。不過，也因久遇台灣的鄉親聊得太開心了，居然錯過一班公車，只得再等一個小時。
午餐原計劃到Ching-Ki去吃,但經過兩個小時車程到曼谷南區巴士總站後，早已餓昏了。巴士站KFC旁有多間當地小吃店，找間人氣頗旺的打打牙祭。這裡英文完全無法溝通，比手劃腳才能吃到食物，再加上紙筆寫金額(我個人覺得蠻好吃的，有馬來風味，三道菜兩盤飯再加一罐菊花茶才120B)。來到曼谷自然要到皇宮走一遭，才不枉白來。玉樓金殿，巍巍錦繡簇雕檐。也讓人想起杜子春三入長安：進了門樓，只見殿宇廊廡，一?的金碧輝煌，耀睛奪目，儼如天宮一般。總之，皇宮只讓人覺得"金"字可形容。離開皇宮後可以步行到臥佛寺，行經Sanam Luang(The Royal Field)路上又有一堆小販，忍不住誘惑又買了個香腸，味道和我們熟知的香腸迥異，箇中滋味只能請大家自行體會。本想用走的去臥佛寺，天氣熱又有TukTuk車不停詢問，決定搭乘TukTuk車以30B的價格前往臥佛寺，沒想到下車後，司機拿了錢居然改口要80B(我給了他100B請他找，事實證明，以後遇這種狀況要準備好零錢)，我坐在車上和他爭執，最後以40B成交。這個經驗讓我對TukTuk車有很大的反感，也算是被騙經驗2了。
臥佛的背面有一排類似銅鍋的東西，可以換零錢然後把零錢一個一個投進去祈福。幾乎在每間廟宇都有，你可以看到很多泰國人或是泰國小孩做這樣的動作。(若我是小孩，應該也會很喜歡做這件事。畢竟比較不覺得拜拜是件很無聊的事，跟阿媽每次拿金紙給我們燒一樣的道理，有參興感咩!)在赤道的泰國白日較長，五點鐘天色仍很亮，既然還有時間，就前往碼頭搭船到中國城(China Town)。水上交通果然是完全不塞，而且車掌小姐搖錢筒收費，也是令一種奇特景象。同為華人的我們，對於中國城市場不覺得有啥特別，稍微感受一下氣氛再回到Khao Shan Road去，找到著名的Tom Yung Kong餐廳享用泰式晚餐。晚餐後回Lamphu House把衣服拿去送洗(3件長褲及2雙臭襪子，約1.5kg)，再去做個油壓，放鬆一下。
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Famous floating market, you must read it description almost in every Bangkok travel guides. We decide to take taxi to Sai Tai (Bangkok Southern Bus Station) and change bus to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, then hire a boat for better experience the local floating markets and be a really independent traveler. Before that, we need to have a energizing starting, 7-11 croissant and yogurt drink as our breakfast. (Strongly recommended by other experienced Bangkok traveler)
Before entering bus station, you will be stopped by local people selling black bus (not official bus), keep talking to you in Thai. I think this is because we looks like Thai people, just keep walking and directly buy ticket in front of the window 2. You’d better go to toilet before you take the bus, 2 hours long bus trip.
You don’t need to worry about which stop to get off, bus service lady will remind you. You will find yourself dropped in front of the boat company, remember to bargain the boat price, normally whole boat cost 300 Baht 1 hour, we made a deal of 1 hour 20 minutes whole boat for 400 Baht, not very good but satisfied. You will see the bus drive away after you made the deal, I thought they have the commission between bus service lady and the boat company. If you don’t like the boat company or the deal they offer, you can walk to the floating markets or choose other boat company on the road. It’s really interesting on the floating boat, a lot souvenirs and food sellers, we keep eating whole the trip, delicious.
The bus to Bangkok is not the place you dropped off, you need to walk through the traffic light to the opposite direction where you come. No bus stop, you just stand on the road and raise your hand when you saw bus 996, it will stop and let you in. We also met another 2 Taiwan tourists, and have some chat, too happy we even missed one bus, you need to wait another 1 hour if you like us.
We plan to have lunch in Ching-Ki, but after the 2 hours bus back to Bangkok, we are already starving need to grab something to eat. Change the plan eat in the local restaurant near Sai Tai KFC, we even can not use English here. Order by finger, pay by writing down number, it’s a special experience for us. By the way, it’s cheap, 3 dishes and 1 drinks cost us 120 Baht.
You must not miss Grand palace when visiting Bangkok, gold, everywhere. You will be amazed by the work they made hundreds of years ago. After Grand Palace go to Wat Pho (Wat means Temple), we took Tuktuk instead of walking, because a fresh experience for us. But Tuktuk driver is another bad tout experience for us, he told us only need 30B from Grand Palace, but after we arrived ask for 100B, I argued with him on the Tuktuk, made the deal in 40B.
You will see a row of bronze pot, you can change the coins and drop your coins one in each pots. This is almost can be seen in every Thailand temple, pray for goodness, children like to do that. After Wat Pho we go to China Town, for Chinese, it seems not thing special in China Town. We take taxi back to Khao Shan Road and have a dinner in famous Tom Yung Kong restaurant, tehn send 3 pants and 2 pairs of socks to laundry service(totally 1.5 kg), don’t forget to have a massage after whole day trip.
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