Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The floating market

We caught a long tail boat down a canal and saw some catfish. There were so many. We got to feed them as well. There was a man who was at a dock who hung his basket down on a pole & we paid 10 baht for a bag to feed the fish. It was a cool idea.

We went late afternoon so we missed most of the floating market but there was one raft selling souvenirs that came to our boat. We had to haggle for a price but it was fun.

There are houses on both side of the canal. Some are very unstable & old and others are very fancy. It was a very clear identification of how much poverty there is here.

Were there some words you didn't know? Why don't you write them in the comments and someone who comments can answer it. How about you start with haggle and poverty.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Mrs parkinson.
    What does baht mean. How big were the cat fish.
    What did they feed the cat fish.

    From caleb

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  2. Kia ora Mrs Parkinson

    Is baht Thai money? If it is how much is 10 baht in NZ dollar?
    We dis cross country training today.Does poverty mean poor and does haggle mean beg or a hassle? Hope you are having a awesome time.

    From Emily

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  3. Hi Emily & Caleb. Yes Emily baht is money. 1 baht is 25cents NZ. Can you work out how much 10baht would be in NZ money.

    Caleb the catfish were about 1/2 a metre long. They had very wide mouths & whiskers. We fed them bread. Why don't you try find a picture of a Thailand cat fish.

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