Samut Sakhon
was formerly called “Tha Chin”
probably because, in the old days, it had been a trading port
dealing with a vast number of Chinese junks. In 1548, a town
named “Sakhon Buri” was established at the mouth of the
Tha Chin River. It was a centre for recruiting troops from
various seaside towns. The name of the town was changed into
"Mahachai" when Khlong (canal) Mahachai was dug in 1704 to
join the Tha Chin River at the town. Later, the town was renamed
“Samut Sakhon” by King Rama IV but it is still
popularly called "Mahachai" by the villagers.
Samut Sakhon is located 30 kms.
from Bangkok. The province occupies a total area of 872 square
kilometres and is administratively divided into 3 districts:
Muang Samut Sakhon, Krathum Baen, and Ban Phaeo.
It is a major fishing port and also the biggest producer of
brine salt.
The
Ao Mahachai Mangrove Forest Study Centre offers a nature trail
along a mangrove forest around the Tha Chin Estuary. From the
town, take Sutthiwawithi Road for 2.5 kilometres, then turn left
and proceed for 6.5 kilometres to the centre.
This is one of Thailand's largest
traditional fresh seafood markets, but visitors can find much
more than seafood, especially if there is time to spare.
Handicrafts such as wicker furniture, pottery and local sarongs
are among the colourful offerings in the market. Crossing the
river from Mahachai to the west bank, visitors will arrive at
Tha Chalom, a large fishing village and industrial land for
marine products.
This
is regarded as the symbol of honesty. It was erected to be a
memorial to Phanthai Norasing, a man of integrity of the
Ayutthaya period. The historic event occurred in 1704 when Phra
Chao Sua, a king of Ayutthaya, made a royal visit by the
Ekkachai royal barge via the curved Khok Kham Canal. Phanthai
Norasing, who was the coxswain, could not operate the steering,
thus causing the prow to be broken by hitting the limb of a
tree. To foster the palace law, the coxswain then begged the
king to slaughter him although he was forgiven. After his death,
the king built a shrine in Khlong Khok Kham and commanded to
have a new canal, later named Khlong Mahachai, dug to eliminate
the sharp curves of Khok Kham Canal. A cruise along the canal
via mangrove forests and fishery villages is organised by Khun
Narin Bunruam
Tel: 0-3441-2490.
This fortress is located near the
city pillar shrine in the town. It was constructed in 1827
during the reign of King Rama III to prevent sea invasion by an
enemy. It can be seen as ruins nowadays. The cannons, which used
to be housed in the fortress, are now displayed at the city
pillar shrine and the city hall.
Samut Sakhon is the biggest
producer of brine salt. Its picturesque salt farms, which sprawl
across the border with Samut Songkhram and along the Thon
Buri-Pak Tho Highway, have provided a back drop for many holiday
snapshots.
This temple fronting the river
mouth is located at Tambon Tha Chalom on the western side of the
Tha Chin River. It was constructed during the Ayutthaya period.
Religious buildings in the temple have been beautifully
renovated. The windy area by the sea is used as a rest area for
the locals.
Located on Highway No.35 with a left turn after crossing
the Tha Chin River, this is an ancient temple presumed
to have been built during the Ayutthaya era. The doors
and windows of both the old and new chapels were neatly
and beautifully carved in various floral designs. It is
believed the craftsmen were Chinese, as the carvings
include some Chinese trees.
is located in
Tambon Tha wood travel along the highway number 35 (Thonburi
- Pak Tho) turn to the highway 3091 for about 5
kilometers, turn to Soi Wat
Ms. 2 is about 1 kilometers from history, the temple a
story that city Sakhon Buri is seaside in the south of
the city, Si Ayutthaya when there is a war in
Myanmar Thai group, had to evacuate had escaped the
river Tha China elderly and women have brought together
to hide in the church old later, the people
of Thailand has helped against the Burmese military
junta until it was the victory, and the migrants who
came to have to settle down in the area, in this group
has two brothers who had lived Church to escape from
both the idea is to make rebuilding church new, but my
sister saw that church fail so many people to
build a temple new instead of his sister wanted to do in
accordance with the base of his own
located near Tha China Sub-district, a
cooking stove chimney pitfalls of wood Tha the plant
sugar production of the Christian name Portuguese
National
captain Christopher Hitchens built in copyright 2367 by
a brick chimney to build an octagon and wide, each 1
meters, gradually taper up until the end of the
high around 30 meters with old than a hundred years.
in the three main Sub-district, what is
interesting about INEB, apart from the temple, a thicket
in accordance with the temple in the area is still in
place of the
birds cattle egret, a large number of
in the district krathum baen and Amphoe Ban
Phaeo villagers to the garden, and fruit garden
vegetable garden orchids coconut plantation in the
district
Krathum Baen is the name in the garden coconut perfumes
pomelo and garden orchids in District Ban Phaeo had a
vineyard, the garden a Christian in
addition to visit the garden, but also a chance to visit
the sugar from coconut.
