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.