We visited the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, located about 62 miles from Bangkok. These pictures are of houses and stores along the canal. A gasoline engine is attached to the back as in the US, but the shaft is very long and extends behind the boat rather than vertically. The pictures below were taken in the market. Most of the traders are women and the boats are paddled, not motorized.
Most boats contain produce, but others are take-out restaurants complete with a propane stove.
Only a few are wearing the traditional blue jackets, but most of them are wearing traditional straw hats.