Relive the past by taking a boat trip to the old Hua Takhe Market.

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Today, we will take you back in time to the old Hua Takhe Market, a community along the Prawet Burirom Canal, hidden in Lat Krabang District. Although there are more roads cutting through the area today, this community seems to have never been touched by time. Old wooden houses still line the banks. The sound of long-tailed engines can still be heard from time to time. Villagers still use rowboats as their main means of transportation. There is also a shaky wooden walkway that villagers still use to this day.

Back in the reign of King Rama V, this community used to be the center of the suburbs of Bangkok because it was the intersection of three canals: Khlong Charoen, Khlong Pla Thio, and Khlong Prawet. This made people come to trade and exchange agricultural products. However, when the development of roads came, this market began to decline and was neglected for decades. Now, the community has returned to preserve and develop the community to be lively again, making this place a very charming tourist attraction in the suburbs of Bangkok.

One of the symbols of the Hua Takhe community is the high bridge across the canal. On both sides of the bridge, you can see the water stretching as far as the eye can see. The bridge is flanked by tall electric poles. On both sides of the canal, you will see hundreds of single-storey wooden houses lined up. This is a popular photo spot that you can’t miss.

Although the old market of Hua Ta Khe has been renovated and developed to keep up with the development that has come to play a role in the present era, there is still a sense of the past left in almost every atom, whether it be traditional grocery stores, traditional Thai dessert shops, familiar childhood toy shops. There are activities for those interested in trying out Chula kites, making traditional boiled desserts using shredded lotus stems that are easily found in the Hua Ta Khe community, creating things from leftover materials, which is a project of the Suksa Phatthana School, the only school in the old market of Hua Ta Khe, a place to learn and display art works, and a cafe decorated in tones that match the atmosphere of the community.

You can get to Hua Ta Khe Market by car (park at Udomphon fresh market), train and get off at Hua Ta Khe train station, Airport Rail Link and get off at Lat Krabang station, then take a car to Udomphon fresh market. Or if anyone wants to take a boat trip, there are long-tail boats that take you around Lat Krabang from Wat Ratchakosa to the old market of Hua Ta Khe, which will give you a different kind of atmosphere.

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Post by พ่อจ๋าแม่จ๋าพาเที่ยว | Jun 1, 2023