Can you say JEANS? Shoes, sandals, sneakers, hand made leather shoes. Leather goods, belts, wallets, purses, bags...knock off everything. Need some light bulbs? How about a zip drive? Rugs, sheets, furniture, antique Buddha relics? (I'm really only tipping the iceberg here.) Don't have enough scarves? Wraps, scarves, pashmina, sarongs...incense, essential oils, candles, art, handicrafts, wood carvings! Any garment you can think of made tie-dye (a personal favorite of mine) fishermen pants, Hill tribe crafts, silver, gems, BEADS & BEADS & piles of BEADS!
I'm exhausted just remembering everything that we saw!
Chatuchak, the weekend market in Bangkok is one of the worlds largest weekend markets! We saw the massiveness from the train, but I had no idea what I was in store for...within 27 acres of stalls & vendors is a city of narrow, winding paths and more than once we lost our bearing and ended up out on the sidewalk, once in the parking lot and a couple times we past stalls which we had already passed.
So we had a snack...and sat watching as women shopped for scarves...which was when I was able to articulate my new appreciation for the scarf. They are so much more functional than to simply keep your neck warm!
After stumbling upon a choir of Thai folks wearing Santa hats while singing Feliz Navidad in Spanish & English (in a predominately Buddhist country mind you...) we decided to head home.
Our haul for the day...
2 pairs of fisherman pants
1 small wind chime
7 pairs of earrings (gifts)
Citronella incense & ylang ylang essential oil (my favorite)
1 top & pants (for me)
It's confirmed once again, I love shopping!
These were some of the first puppies we stumbled on...just days old!
I think these are maggots? They were for sale near the fish & bird & reptile section, yuck!
I don't think I've ever seen such mature owls this close, it was sad because there was 3 of them tied up in a very small room which also had about 4 people in it watching television.
Mature lizard for sale.
Bags & bags & bags of all kinds of fish for sale.
I've never seen anyone with a pet squirrel, have you?
Prize winning Cock.
Stall-side papaya salad making, yum!
I think I forgot to mention live and silk plants/flowers for sale as well.
And of course... the clothes, beautiful & unique.
Hard to shop with so many shoes & people crammed into such a small space!
Exhausted from shopping & heat, we wait for the train after our adventure!
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