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The Things Should Know About Samutsongkhram?
- Samutsongkhram is the smallest province in Thailand. (36,250 acres)
- The province is still natural which near Bangkok only 60 km. It spends time 1.5 hrs by the van from Bangkok. (Weekend and Holiday 1.5 - 2 hrs)
- But you can go by the Van or the Train from Bangkok to Samutsongkhram.
- There are 3 districts which are Muang, Amphawa, Bang Khon Thi.
- Locals always call "Maeklong" replace Samutsongkhram because it is too long.
- Maeklong is the name of western's main River in Thailand, Name of Downtown area of Samutsongkhram, Main Market, and the Railway Station.
- So if you need to go "Amphawa", but tell the driver "Maeklong", he will send you to a downtown, not Amphawa.
- Amphawa is one of the districts, Amphawa is not Downtown of Samutsongkhram. The fresh-food market, Supermarket, any shops are still in the Downtown so most of the people have to go to the Downtown every week or every day.
- Amphawa is only far 7 km from Maeklong (Downtown).
- There is Maeklong River which is the western's main river of Thailand flows through and then into the Gulf of Thailand.
- There are 300 main canals and more than 2,000 branches.
- So the transportation in the past is a boat, but we use a private car, minibus(Songthaew), motorcycle, and Tuk Tuk in present.
- Amphawa and Bang Khon Thi are full of the trees, especially palm trees, coconut trees, Lychee trees, banana trees, and pomelo trees.
- You can go to travel to Cha-am Beach and Huahin because it is the province nearby of the south.
- You can go to travel at Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi because it is the province nearby of the west.
- Chang-Eng Siamese Twins were born in Samutsongkhram.