Wat Tha Ka Rong — Attraction in Ban Pom Subdistrict Administrative Organization

Wat Tha Ka Rong Floating Market is for an outsider a very interesting place. I have visited Pattaya Floating Market, so, I waited to see something similar in Wat Tha Ka Rong. There isn't. Actually, one can buy earnings or merits there in Wat Tha Ka Rong Floating Market. There are skeletons and other human size mechanic dolls asking your money, child monk dolls waiting for your money, too, there is everykind of everything where you can put your extra bahts to, and in return you get - earnings. We visited Wat Tha Ka Rong Floating Market during the day time, and there were almost no other visitors, but I think the Wat has its function in the Buddhist's religious worldview. What is remarkable in the Buddhist imagery is the importance and even holiness of different animals, because my own experience is that it's quite difficult to be a vegetarian there...

I spent an enjoyable couple of hours at this temple with my family. The main temple is buried underneath a mass of religious iconography and consumerism. There are many enjoyable ways to part with your money.

There is a floating market too but we went on a weekday so there were a number of shops that had not opened. I suspect that when weekend comes around, the floating market is bustling hive of activity.

The temple is on the site of two ancient temples called Wat Tha (Pier Temple) and Wat Ka Rong (Crowing Crow Temple). The are painting of crows in the temple and even a few real ones in cages. One of them can say...

This is an excellent smorgasbord barbecue, it has more seafood that I have ever seen any other barbecue offers. It also comes with your typical Thai barbecue and then for an extra 100 thb. You can have the grill alongside. Two of us ate there along with a beer and the total bill was 789 thb. With all the seafood that I can eat. My girl made herself very full on the clams. Recommend if you're ever in the area, stop by it is quite busy but well...