The Thai metropolis Bangkok is a target of many Asia cruises Bangkok is a highlight of any Asia cruise. As the Thai capital is not on the sea, fasten the cruise ships at the Laem Chabang container port. From here, after all, is two hours on the road. But the long trip worth it! Bangkok, the far eastern fairy tale city of pagodas and palaces, temples and dances – and then ramming first on one of the most unusual traffic cops of the world. Then that is when man right after the evening arrival to participate the next morning on a trip to the famous floating market, the floating market,. In this wet maze, the policeman regulates boat traffic. He stands on a pedestal there where the floating back and forth is the densest and where the narrow boats loaded with the products of the fertile Delta of Thai women and the barges with the products of the modern remote tourism threaten hopelessly to wedge. Before the Silk weaving with their cheap shopping, in which you of course every stranger leads or drive.
Before that life-size pictures of gorgeous level temple dancers with holes instead of minds, in which visitors can insert their faces to make for a silly souvenir snap to – on the floating market mix of tourist traffic and undistorted trade and change in an odd way. The wide straw hats on the head, that of strangers like lamp shades with home be taken as so have peasant women to hundreds with oars and poles brought their narrow boats of the flat land, tropical delicacies are piling in where: mangoes and bananas, oranges and pineapple, but also fruits with so little known names such as Jack and Rambutans, durians, Jujuben. You should, they also taste so good, with care enjoy the intestinal flora of an European stomach is prepared now once for this sudden change.