Hidden Floating Market and Unforgettable Cat Boat Tour in Bangkok🇹🇭- Hua Takhe Market

Pretty much everything you need, you get to experience this authentic life. I love it. This is nice. Paddle the boat with the cats. It's another level. It's one of a kind. Today we are visiting an old authentic market called Huat Keke. We just took the airport link train to Lai Ke Bang station and we will take another local train here. This station is also called Lai Ke Bang station. We're taking to Huat Keke station and I'm so excited and we only paid two baht for the tickets, you guys. Probably the cheapest train tickets I ever paid in my entire life. I've never been to this market but I have heard so much about it so let's begin our journey. So here I have the train schedule right here. You actually can take the train from Huat station straight to Huat Keke but we took the airport link. Schedule from 7am, 8am, 11am, 1am. Pretty much almost every hour. And you guys, you know what? Where we're sitting right here is super close to the airport. It's right there. There's just like a plane flew so close. So in case if you have a short layover, you can check this place out or if you're coming from Bangkok, take the Huat Lampung station straight to the market. Easy peasy. Okay so two lessons we learned from the local train. They do not announce the station. So from Lai Ke Bang station to Huat Keke station is two stations you need to count because there will be no announcement. And once you're there, the train doors will not be open. You have to press the button. We were standing there waiting for the door to open and then the guy next to us said if you're gonna get out you gotta press the button and oh okay so we almost missed the station. Thank god. Thanks to the guy. Alright and we are on our way. Mind you it's very very hot but at the station there's some drink and food stalls selling so we bought a drink. And it's about 15 minutes walk from the station to the market. We're super cafe as well called Si Yak Huat Keke. So we just ordered some food and it's super duper hot today. And this guest house located at the end of the market so we walked past quite a little bit of the restaurants and cafes and a lot of souvenirs. We couldn't be bothered to stop because we are super hungry and super hot. So after we eat we're gonna check those one out and Pam probably gonna paint. She's a painter so she's probably gonna paint. Right now let's wait for our food. On the way here we see local life. We actually see people going on with their life. We see grandma doing laundry, hanging on her clothes and you know the boats. There's still some people traveling by boats in Bangkok right here. So if you want to escape the city life and learn the local life I highly highly recommend this place. And this food super delicious. Nice not too spicy, juicy pork. One more thing guys, in case you drive there's a car parking lot right next to the market. You can take the cab if you want to escape the heat. But if you want to learn the local life I suggest you come our way. So by the train, take the airport link and then the local train. From the airport link, Lai Ka Bang station you can take the bus. But I do not recommend because I don't think the people will speak English. So you better take the local train, count two stations and hop off. Don't forget to press the button. We love it and I didn't expect that Bangkok still has this old authentic vibe market like this. It's a super small market, not so touristy but still quite people because we are approaching the long holiday. But if you come on a normal day, on a weekday, it would not be as crowded. And you get to enjoy the river, nice and calm life. At 4.40pm we are coming back here and hopping on the boat with these cuties at the back. I cannot wait until then but right now it's just 3pm. We're gonna check out the market and then come back later. It's so classic. So this is the guest house upstairs everybody. They have five rooms in total, three by the river, another two not by the river. For two people it costs 700 baht a night only. And inside they have AC for you. If you're in Thailand you need AC to survive. They have AC for you, pretty much everything you need. You get to experience this authentic life and spend a night here. Wooden house, very very old, very authentic. I love it. Yeah that's pretty much it about this guest house. Nice food as well. I can imagine, you know, waking up in the morning and seeing this river view. It has to be fantastic. These are posters, probably back in the 1990s. It's been a long time since we've seen this type of posters, right? So cool. We used to love this when we were kids. They used to sell it in 7-11 but not anymore, right? Not anymore. Okay, I'll buy one. Should I buy for my sister? Yes. These are the fake cockroaches and fake house lizards. And I remember when we were kids, my mom tried to prevent my sister going up or down the stairs. She put the fake lizards by the stairs so my sister gets scared and she wouldn't walk down the stairs. That's a great trick for parenting. So cute. So these are the handmade ceramic work. I bought three hair clips and two pairs of earrings and I paid 280 baht. And they are such a cute work. Cannot wait to wear them. But I'm a cat person and I think these are so cute. How do I look? Like a cat lady? We are at the Pad Thai restaurant located by the river. Smells really, really nice. And the cook actually wants us to taste before season because I think she's pretty confident about her seasoning. So let's try it. She's right. You don't need to season. Already sweet, right amount of spice. Perfect. Amazing Pad Thai right here by the river. In case you didn't know, my sister is a painter and she has her painting Instagram. I will leave the link down below in case you want to hire her. So this is like a drawing area. You can do a beard. You can make necklaces and earrings and stuff. You can draw by the river but the river table is full so we're sitting right here which is not bad. Should I make a necklace? So I'm gonna make a necklace. Probably for the first time since I grew up. So if you want to make the bracelets, it costs 79 baht. You can make a ring or bracelets or anklets. Let's see. Look, this is how far I got and I'm tired already. Patrick, you want to help? I don't understand artists. How can they sit still and paint? I suck. I have no creativity. You sure we come from the same parents? Something you really should know between me and my sisters. We went to the same university. I'm like seven years older than her. I did a class and seven years later she did the exact same class with the exact same teacher. I got C, she got A. Okay so count together with me you guys. So the small ones, I put 10 and then one big one and then 10 and one big one. Let's learn how to count in Thai together. Your Thai lesson is here. So one, we say one. And then two, three, four. And next is my favorite number, five. If you have a Thai friend and they text you five, it means they love you. They probably say five, five, five, five, five. This is nice. What flower is that? Yellow flower. So this is Tom's work. We have a lot of this kind of painting at home, right? She's really good at drawing cats as well but she say it will take longer time. Judging by my necklace, I know I have no creativity. I only go with two colors. So the reason I show you guys these snacks is because I used to love it since I was a kid. I think only 1990 kids know about these snacks because it's not being sold in 7-11 anymore. You can only find it on like an old market like this. This is the, it's like raw noodle. You don't need to boil. You put the season in, you break inside and you just eat it raw like that. That's how we eat it. Okay it's time. Okay it's time. It's time for the boat. Let's go, let's go. Okay so if you like this, you have to book in advance on their Facebook page. I will leave the link down in the description and it costs 100 baht per person. There are four rounds per day which is 4.30 and 5.30 I think. Each round, three to four boats will come for each round and you get to paddle the boat with the cat like this. The concept of this boat tour is to collect the trash in the river but it is so popular. I see no trash at all in the river you guys so we're just gonna chill out and observe this river view. Beautiful. He's so friendly and he sits on your lap. Can I take him home? We have four boats going together with us watching the sunset at this peaceful canal with this cat guy. It's not the kind of experience that you get to do every day. You get to paddle the boat. Yes of course it's everywhere but paddle the boat with the cats. It's another level. It's one of a kind. And I will wrap up this video right here everyone. We had the greatest day and the greatest experience with cats so if you think we did a good job, don't forget to hit like and subscribe and we'll see you in the next one. Bye!