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4 Samut Sakhon CONTENTS

HOW TO GET THERE 7 ATTRACTIONS 9 Amphoe Mueang Samut Sakhon 9 Amphoe Krathum Baen 17 Amphoe Ban Phaeo 22 INTERESTING ACTIVITIES 23 EVENTS AND FESTIVALS 24 LOCAL PRODUCTS AND SOUVENIRS 25 SUGGESTED ITINERARY 25 FACILITIES 26 Accommodations 26 Restaurants 27 USEFUL CALLS 30

Samut Sakhon 5 Sala Klang Nam SAMUT SAKHON Thai Term Glossary district in Tambon Tha Chalom in 1906. Then, in 1913, King Rama VI announced a royal Amphoe : District command for the government to transform Ban : Village the word “Mueang” to “Changwat” -province- Maenam : River throughout the country. Mueang Samut Muang : Town or City Sakhon was changed to “Changwat Samut Tambon : Subdistrict Sakhon” as it is still known at the present Ubosot or Bot : Ordination hall in a temple time. The word “Maha ” that people Wihan : Image hall in temple usually used is the name of a canal dug across Wat : Temple the crooked Khlong Khok Kham which is the Note : English spelling here given tries to symbol of the loyalty of Phanthai Norasing. approximate Thai pronunciation. Posted signs Samut Sakhon covers an area of 872 square may be spelled di erently. When seeking help kilometres and is divided into 3 districts from a Thai for directions, point to the Thai (Amphoes); namely, Amphoe Mueang, Amphoe spellings given after each place name. Krathum Baen and Amphoe Ban Phaeo. Samut Sakhon, called by the locals as “Maha Chai” is a small province located on the mouth BOUNDERY of the Tha Chin River, only 2 kilometres from North Borders with and Nakhon the sea and 36 kilometres from Bangkok. Pathom. It is a historic city recorded in the Ayutthaya chronicle. This was during the period that South Borders with Samut Songkhram and Phrachao Suea travelled by the royal barge the Gulf of . procession creating the story of the loyal West Borders with Samut Songkhram and Phanthai Norasing. Ratchaburi. This province was originally called as “Tha East Borders with Bangkok, Samut Chin”because it was a large district on the Songkhram and Samut Prakan. Gulf of Thailand, where there were a lot of foreigners, especially the Chinese-Chin-who HOW TO GET THERE travelled by ship and stopped at the port– By car : from Bangkok can be as follows: Tha-for trading. Therefore, it was verbally 1) From Bang Pakaeo Intersection. Go along well known as Tambon “Tha Chin”. In the Highway No. 35 Thon Buri–Pak Tho Road reign of King Rama IV, the city’s name was (Rama II Road), passing the Bang Khun Thian changed into Mueang Samut Sakhon. District Administration Office, Ekkachai During the reign of King Rama V, he conducted Weighing Station to the Maha Chai Intersection governance reform by organizing the regional at Km. 28. Then, turn left to Samut Sakhon bureaucratic system in the form of a circle city. A total distance of 29 kilometres. called “Monthon Thesaphiban” and announced the establishment of Thailand’s rst sanitary

Samut Sakhon 7 2) From Big C Department Store, Dao By bus : The Transport Company Limited. Khanong. Go along Jomthong and Ekkachai provides buses to Samut Sakhon everyday Road, pass Bang Khun Thian Bridge, Wat Sing, from 04.20 a.m. to 09.00 p.m. For more details, Bang Bon Intersection, Sueksanari School, please contact the Southern Bus Terminal, Wat Pho Chae, Tambon Khok Krabue, Ekkachai Borommaratchachonnani Road at Tel. 0 2894 Weighing Station, Maha Chai Community 6122 (air-conditioned bus), Samut Sakhon Bus Housing, to the centre of Samut Sakhon. Terminal at Tel. 0 3441 1046 www.transport.co.th A total distance of 30 kilometres. - Ordinary bus No. 68 (Samae Dam–Bang 3) From Tha-Phra Intersection. Go along Lamphu route) plying daily during 04.15 a.m. Highway No. 4, Phetchakasem Road to Nong to 11.00 p.m. Khaem and turn left in