Sam Chuk is the name of the rural district, and also the name of the small town that is the district
headquarters, right on the banks of the Taa Jeen River, in Supanburi Province. This market of mostly
wooden shop-houses used to be a rest-stop for travelers going to or from Bangkok along the river – there
used to be a small inn in the community, where you could stay overnight for 20 Baht. The market used to
be oriented towards the river, in the days when rivers where the main channel of transport in Thailand.
Nowadays, the parking lot on the side, beside the Sub-District Office, is the entrance, where a beautiful arbor
has been built over the walkway running to the river, with sign-boards and greenery.