Tawn Oyster Lawt is a gigantic natural bar, the only one of its kind in the world. It’s a productive area, and a place of relaxation for villagers. The high ground snail tube appears to view at the time of year the water flows downward. It emerges a little at a time until it becomes an area several hundred rai wide only during the time from February to June. It is the time when water flows downward during the day and the time most suitable for tourism.

Normally called “Wat Sri Jampha,” construction began at approximately the time of the Golden Temple Buddhist era in the old capital of Ayuthaya. According to tradition in the year B.E. 2307, clever villagers in the district of Phetchaburi city migrated from Burma and set up dwellings situated in the area of Tambon Mae Klong north of Wat Sri Jampha calling this village “Ban Laem” the usual village name of the original Ban Laem villagers. The villagers helped improve Wat Sri Jampha and called the new temple “Wat Ban Laem.” They added to Wat Ban Laem, raising its status to royal temple rank receiving the royal name “Wat Petch Samut Ruanwihan”.

Ampawa Floating Market

King Rama II National Park

The MaeKlong train route is a historic railway line owing to the fact that it is the first railway route of Thailand – it is 107 years old. It is a short route running between Ban Laem station in Samut Sakorn Province to Mae Klong station. It is open for service daily, with the end of the line at Mae Klong station. The end of the route before Mae Klong station cuts through the Mae Klong fresh food market, where merchants come to put their goods on sale along the edges of the train route. Each time a train approaches, the merchants must move their merchandise stalls to make way for it. When the train is gone they quickly move them back. This way of life that assimilates mutual dependence in society is treated as a main feature of the Province’s tourism because each day tourists come to admire this fresh food market. The short time it takes for a train to pass by creates a memorable impression on those who chance to see it.

Originally Camp Bang Goong was a navy camp with historical significance dating from the time of Somdet. He commissioned the navy to establish the camp that became Bang Goong by building a wall around Wat Bang Goong to situate the temple in the center of the camp in order to be a focal point of the sailors’ awareness and prayers. After the second loss of the capital, Camp Bang Goong was abandoned until Thaksin the Great recruited Chinese workers from Rayong, Chonburi, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi to maintain the base now called Camp Jin Bang Goong. In B.E. 2311 Phrajao Grung Ang came and encircled Camp Jin Bang Goong. Thaksin appointed Phra Maha Montri (Boonma) commanding general and went to help the Chinese expel and defeat the Burmese army. After that Camp Bang Goong was left vacant for 200 years until B.E. 2510, when the Ministry of Education established a boy scout camp (no longer in use) and constructed a shrine and statue to Thaksin.

Thai Cat Home

Located at 2/1 House 3 Tambon Kaew Awm, Amphur Amphwa. This resulted from a collective effort of people interested in breeding Thai cats to promote them and support the conservation of the ancient species, and spread awareness of the correct attributes and appearance of the Thai cat. With learned virtue, Pukkabut was the founder of the Thai cat breed(?) Apart from this, inside the Thai cat home there is still a display of many interesting facts about the ancient Thai cat.