The intersection of two canals in a largely rural area of Samut Songkhram Province, southwest of Bangkok, is the site of the floating market at Tha Kha. Fresh fruits and vegetables are the principal items for sale, but other vendors offer prepared food dishes—and even plants, as seen here.

A dwelling along the principal canal at Tha Kha

Another canal-side dwelling along a secondary canal

Among this seller's offerings are mangoes, durian, and dragon fruit.

This very precarious-looking footbridge spans the canal at Tha Kha.

Noodles seller making a sale

At Muang Boran, the Ancient City, in Samut Prakan

A cornucopia of both fresh and prepared fruits is available at the floating market at Damnoen Saduak, near Bangkok. Here are rose apples, Thai guava, sapodilla, and other fruits.

A boat filled with star fruit, oranges, papaya, and rose apples. The woman on the right is preparing khanom bueng, Thai crepes or crispy pancakes. They're usually made with mungbean or rice flour, eggs, and coconut cream, with toppings of salty shredded shrimp or sweet shredded coconut.

Noodles seller

Fried shrimp, squid, and dried fish

Thai guava, mangoes, longan, rose apples, sapodilla, dragon fruit, bananas

Dwellings along a canal at Damnoen Saduak

Preparing sticky rice with mango alongside boats offering pomelo, coconuts, bananas, pineapples, mangosteen, and other goodies

Trimming the meat of jackfruit. The cellophane-wrapped packages contain dried preserves of mango, honeyed dried bananas, pomelo sections, and jackfruit.

Deep-fried bananas to order!

As you see, foodstuffs are not the only wares for sale at the Damnoen Saduak floating market.

Rose apples, whole and sliced mangoes, pale green guava, sapodilla, mangosteen, dragon fruit, longan, and pomelo: quite a boatload!

Mangoes, pomelo, bananas