Hua Takhe. 150 year old Bangkok Wooden Riverside Market and Community where TIME HAS STOOD STILL!

Founded around 150 years ago during the reign of King Rama V at the confluence of three khlongs (‘canals’), the Hua Takhe community was once a bustling waterway junction.
With the advent of transport by roads it’s been forgotten by time and the more than a century year old wooden houses alongside a walkway next to the riverbank give a glimpse of life from a bygone era.
Almost untouched by time despite occasional attempts to place it on the tourist trail, Hua Takhe has plenty of restaurants, coffee shops, convenience stores blended in with a thriving arts and crafts scene and has a deep Chinese influence. Busier at the weekend its very quiet and peaceful during weekdays.
Hua Takhe takes its name from "Croc's Head" as during the excavation of the canals a crocodile's head was dug up.
Hua Takhe market and community is situated in Lat Krabang, it’s less than 10 km from Suvarnabhumi Airport and less than 25 km from Bangkok City’s Sukhumvit Road in Phra Khanong district.
Hua Takhe market and community is just 200 m off Lat Krabang Road (Sukhumvit 77) which stretches directly from Sukhumvit Road in Phra Khanong district.
Hua Takhe market and community is located down Lat Krabang Soi 17 which is home to Udompon Market.
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[@theauroralightyr]

Thanks for making this fantastice video. This brings back my memmories when I was studying a college near there.

[@DiscoverSEAsia]

Thanks very much for your comment. I notice quite a few students come to study in the market as it has some nice coffee shops/cafes, although the best/biggest one seems to have closed since I last went there a few years ago,

[@gohlaylan]

Love this, sounds like a must go for my next trip, thanks for the details 👍👍

[@DiscoverSEAsia]

Thanks, yes worth dropping in, very authentic. very quiet in the week though, much busier at weekends.

[@pimm_sukrawan4460]

Thanks for yr. Video, i used to live around this area when i'm a little child, and I studied in the university near Hua Ta Ke .It's very good memories, just want to tell you ,this market used to have more business and very lifly but the comming of the road, bridge and express way changed it.
Anyway Many thanks ❤

[@DiscoverSEAsia]

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated. I can imagine how it must have been thriving in the past, now it's quite quiet except at the weekends, when it gets busier. I live not far from there, I like this area and not expensive at all.

[@ChoongWengKay]

Can you give the guesthouse name in Hua Takhe Market....