Kwan Riam Floating Market makes a lovely day out in Bangkok, especially if you look to avoid foreign tourists. Easily accessible, the market sits on the San Saeb canal, in an outskirt of the city. Here, you can ride a row boat, enjoy a variety of delicious Thai food, and experience rustic ways of life that you no longer see in the metropolis Bangkok.
Opened in 2012, the market derives its name from a Thai romantic tragedy tale. Kwan and Riam are characters of this non-happy-ending love story whose setting is the location of this market. You can spend all day eating here. You may dine on a boat restaurant moving up and down the canal. Don’t leave the market without trying Thai desserts like tako (a bite-size coconut milk custard atop tiny tapioca balls), or mango and sticky rice.
Apart from the food, there are cultural shows and petting zoo. There are temples on both sides of the canal. You can see Wat Bamphen Nuea Temple and Wat Bang Pheng Tai Temple from the market – worth paying a visit to.
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Kwan Riam Floating market (ตลาดน้ำขวัญเรียม), a new purpose built riverside markets along the Sean-Sab canal in Min Buri, Bangkok. One of the main features is the merit making early in the morning when local people can offer alms to monks who pass by in boats at 7.30am every weekend. There is a wide selection of food that you can try and plenty of souvenirs that you can take home. As well as floating restaurants, you can also join boat tours.
The market open only Sat-Sun from 7.00am- 8.00pm.
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At Soi Wat Bam-Pen Nua-Bang Pen Tai, Seri thai Road 60, Ramkamheang 187, Kuang Meenburi (Mini Buri), Ket Meenburi Bangkok Thailand
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Kwan Riam: An Epic love story which became a box office hit movie in Thailand
The plot: In 1936 in rural Bang Kapi, at the time nothing but rice paddies and small farming villages, Kwan and Riam are the son and daughter of rival village chiefs. They both work in the rice fields with their water buffaloes. Riam at first resists the courtship of Kwan, but Kwan, a jolly young man who sings and plays bamboo flute, is persistent. Kwan pleads with Riam, telling her he wants to die in the river if he doesn't have her love. Riam gives in to Kwan's charms and the two pledge their love for each other at a spirit shrine on an island in the river.
Riam's father disapproves of the relationship. He wants Riam to marry Joi, the son of a wealthy local nobleman. Riam's father, Joi and some other men go to confront Kwan and find him on the spirit-house island with Riam. A brief swordfight ensues, and Kwan is struck by sword wielded by Riam's older brother, Roen. The cut on the side of Kwan's head eventually becomes a noticeable scar, which Kwan says is a mark of his love for Riam.
After hearing that her mother is near death, Riam returns to the village on Somchai's boat. Riam arrives to see her mother die, and a funeral is held. Kwan comes to bid his last respects, and Riam agrees to meet him the next day at noon, on the spirit island.Kwan grows despondent. His father urges him to enter the monkhood to wash away his bad luck. Kwan then goes to take a drink of water, and sees blood in the drinking gourd. He then breaks down and apologizes to his father for being ungrateful, and promises to be ordained the next day "if I'm still alive".
The next day, Kwan sets fire to Somchai's boat, to prevent Riam from leaving without meeting him. Kwan is then hunted by Somchai, Riam's father and older brother, Roen. Somchai finds Kwan and shoots him in the chest with a pistol. The mortally wounded Kwan swims to the spirit island. Riam then jumps in after Kwan, and grabs the knife from his hands and stabs herself, dying with her true love in the river.
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