Morning trip to Thailand's west coast (part 1)

My last post lamented that it had been three years since my previous post to this blog, but that I had continued to shoot (frequently), so I have lots to catch up on and present here.

Rather than go too much back in time, here are some images from a recent trip down to Ban Bang Tabun on Thailand's west coast, and a trip round the salt ponds.  More of salt production in part 2 of this post.

Let's kick off with the sunrise that morning from the river mouth, requiring a 4am start from Bangkok.  I have some great sunrise shots from the drone - but saving these for another post!

We then took a brief road trip to the local dawn market at the river by Wat Koh Kaew (วัดเกาะแก้ว).

Not a ship's mast . .

. . but a "faux" mast on a concrete jetty.

Quaint houses adjacent to small ponds were to be seen on the way to market, as well as locals going about their business by boat.

As the only foreigners at this local market we were overwhelmed by the friendliness of the local people towards us. I guess not many tourists venture to this market which is well off the beaten track.