Thailand Part 2

On day 3, we spent the earlier part of the day at Chatuchak Weekend Market. It is one of the largest markets in the world, and there were people selling virtually almost anything. Prices were reasonable, and you could bargain if you wanted to. The downside was that it was open air, the heat was pretty intense at times. Fortunately, it was easy to get chilled drinks from the road side vendors.

Denim store

Woman selling wall stickers for 20 baht each.

One of the first carts we came across was a lady selling wall stickers for 20 baht each. Sometimes i really wonder if they really are able to make a profit out of it, or if they even break even. How in the world do they survive!

Anyway, thats my dad's hand in the picture. We bought 3 of them in the end.

 

Wooden pig hanging from a wind charm

The featherduster man!

Honeycombs

Old man posing with his fan made of ice cream sticks

Chopping of mango to make mango salad

Intricate wooden carvings of elephants

bang bang bang!

Store that sells really delicious meat

Talented busker playing his instrument

And of course there were imitation goods.

Imitation Mulberry bag

Imitation Chanel 2.55

After browsing around the marketplace, we headed back to the hotel to look at the shops near that area, including Siam Paragon, Siam center etc.

Siam Paragon is one of those rare places where you can actually find a Balenciaga Boutique. Unfortunately, i didn't take any pictures as i was too busy taking it all in and looking around.

We ate at a delicious Japanese restaurant called Nippon Kai which we actually visited another time before the trip ended. I have some pictures of the second time we ate at the restaurant which i will post in another post.