Koh Kret Island
Koh Kret is an island in the Chaophraya River, just 20km north of Bangkok in the province of Nonthaburi. You can travel there directly by Express boat on a Sunday, leaving from Sapan Taksin pier at 09:00 and the boat returns you at about 15:30. This is a guided tour which costs circa 300 Baht.
Alternatively, on any other day of the week, get the boat to Pakkred, top of the map, and catch the ferry from there.
Kok Kret is actually the “island” you can see on the map that was artificially created in the 1720’s by the digging of the by-pass canal.
Koh Kret is a manufacturing centre for the reddish brown pottery with over 20 workshops producing pots from as little as 10 Baht up to more artistic designs that will set you back several hundred or more.
The usual temples are there, at least 2, and you can walk around the island easily as it is about 2 Km across.
The island retains many original wooden buildings and is mostly un-modernised, take a camera.
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