Yegenaga Travel & Tours Guide

Want to see the model settings and quaint street vendors could to wash the eyes? Just come to Chatuchak Week End Market in Bangkok. Location is on the lot (area) wide near the bus station and stops BTS (Sky-train) Mo Chit.

Stops the latter network connecting base stations to the city center like the National Stadium, or Silom, adjacent to the Land Transportation Department’s office Bangkok on Thanon area Champhaeng Pet. If you take a taxi or a tuk tuk, it is more practical because we would be escorted to the front gate Chatuchak market.

This market is specifically designed to accommodate the vendors in obtaining the means to sell his wares. There sold a variety of commodities such as fresh fish, dry fish dishes and electronics. But the most is the fashion goods (clothing, shoes, accessories) and the food.

As the weekend market, the days became the location of vacant land used for parking areas. So really the market to accommodate the vendors on Saturday morning to Sunday night with a tent that is ready dismantled alias pairs are not permanent and transported home (not deposited in a place in the market area). was very orderly and environmentally conscious.

I imagine if the weekend markets in the area of Semarang  rearranged by copying conception Center. In this case, the role and commitment of government and stakeholders of the highly anticipated street vendors and the community.

Back to Thailand, the government’s commitment (read: empire) there for his people’s survival as farmers, fishermen, craftsmen and vendors is very high. As a result, the spirit to promote local products is very active.

Reportedly, the dominance of local products in the Thai market averaged 90% comes from commercial vendors. Moreover, the Thai government launched the concept of “one village one product” (one village one product has superior) since 2004 is heavily promoted in the media including the CNN.

The policy was to encourage the emergence of the diversity of agricultural and fishery products as well as enrichment of superior innovative craft products. Thus there was an increase in productivity movement together in almost all villages and these have an impact on individual income and regional income communities. Such policies are replicated in several places in Indonesia and the need to be taken seriously so that we can catch up with Thailand as “playmates” Indonesia in the 1980s.

No, Thailand has many unique traditional foods and exotic. Many foods are formulated with attractive decor. When we started up the sidewalk along the road in Thailand, then on both sides we must have lots of food vendor stalls, drinks, and fresh fruit.

Most fresh, peeled, and packed with interesting shapes. Street vendors cooking food with spices typical menu that like som tam, tom yam, and many others. It all comes with various fresh leaves. Well, do not feel we should saliva because they want a quick bite. Not to mention the snacks market, small and pretty tiny with attractive colors. Completely food heaven.

In addition, clothing and accessories are sold on the street is also very fashionable boutique style aliases, particularly for women’s clothing. How to dress for men? It seems that products bought and sold many of the street vendors along the street, also in shopping malls in major cities in Thailand more pampering women.

What about the appearance of the street vendors there? Many of them are young kids with a trendy appearance, both fashion and hair styles. For them, there’s no prestige. Moreover, the street vendors seem to have its own prestige, so they appear confident. They formed a tight community and compact that it can to move forward together.

The food vendors along the sidewalk in Thailand usually will close at about 23:00. And if connected with how they look, there’s something powerful when we look at them. Imagine, after selling, the street vendors, especially those women still taking the time to clean the nails, hands and feet (and pedicure menicure). Hmm ….

Of course not just about food are interesting in Bangkok. Some places are often recommended, both by people who’ve been there and travel agents, including the Grand Palace (one of the king’s palace with typical buildings are coated with gold and cut glass), a statue of Sleeping Buddha Wat Poo large, Temple Wat Arun (and several other temples), floating markets, and the crocodile farm in the suburbs (Samut Prakan). All of the iconic attractions of Bangkok.

In addition to those places, there is one location that seems “must” attend. Namely, Patpong, a tourist location that night became the main driving engine of Thailand’s tourism industry for a long time.

The presence of the Chao Phraya river is known as the River of Kings (River of Kings) which divides the city of Bangkok has a special significance for the economy and the chain is very diverse ecosystem. The river flows from north to south and empties into the Gulf of Thailand. Just for comparison, the width of the river is probably about 8 to 10 times the width of the river flooding the Western Canal, Semarang. This rough estimate because the river channel flood of day to day continue to narrow.

How important the river for the city of Bangkok. Not only for the transportation of water, the river also has a very important meaning for the economy. See it, from morning to night and back to morning again without ever cut off, economic activity and the environment along with the constantly flowing stream of water into the sea.

barge procession marched, carrying rice from the rice granaries, fruit and other agricultural products to be shipped Thailand. There is also a procession of barges carrying sand and soil estuary delta of the river flow upstream, and also hundreds of oil barges. It still added passenger ship passing by a variety of kinds, from the ferry to the small . To be sure, there are many things that we can enjoy in Bangkok.

Supper at the Upper River

Travelers who take advantage of the Chao Phraya River as a tourism object is very varied, even virtually diverse. What is clear from all walks of life, ranging from lower class to the sophisticated.

Mata Hari from rising to sunset many crossed the river to travel to the objects that are on the right and left of the river such as Wat Arun, Wat Poo and the Grand Palace.

The special tour on the river which was developed mainly to be found there with the cruise ship that sailed the river during the day.

The atmosphere will be more lively at night, especially on cruise ships. Many tourism service providers to open for dinner service (gala dinner) on the cruise ship and make browsing the river with boats. Travel the waters in the middle of the city while enjoying the wind Bangkok Siam would provide an unforgettable experience for those who experience it.

Incidentally, I got an invitation gala dinner with about 20 people in Riverside Bangkok cruise. The ship was quite luxurious. Shaped like the Titanic with three decks and deck. Not only serves as a ship, is also a floating restaurant which can carry about 500 people. That night, the journey through the Chao Phraya started at 19:00 and will end at 21:00 local time. So many cruise ships that served as a floating restaurant on the waters.

During walking, at least there are 10 cruise ships passing by that we were riding. That’s not counting the floating restaurant is smaller. If every hotel on the banks of the Chao Phraya has 1 or 2 cruise ships to transport his guests, just count how many. Whereas the number of hotel where dozens.

So, once dense traffic flow of the river Chao Phraya. How about the money coming from that place? Maybe in a day could reach billions of baht. That possibility makes sense.

Because I saw every ship that passed by our ship is always full of people. So, it was so great network of business people in Bangkok in tourism to attract visitors. What about Indonesia which clearly has hundreds of large and small rivers, and was no less exciting as the Chao Phraya? This is a challenge for us, especially in the development of water tourism.