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| One happy, very fashionable little lady |
Saturday and Sunday we went to the Chatuchak Weekend Market. aka the JJ Market. Bangkok is full of big glitzy and and some very high end malls but, among them all, the Chatuchak Market is legendary. It's one of the largest markets of it's kind in the world and the first time or two wandering through, seems infinite. These photos are misleading because the street is still empty. I took them early Sunday morning before people started arriving but every weekend, without fail, thousands attend. Even as we were leaving on Saturday afternoon, throngs of people were still streaming in*.
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| She and her "mom" are vendors at the market |
We spent a lot of time at the market last time we were in Bangkok and it's the first place we headed when we got back. There's good people watching, a vast, eclectic array of goods and great prices. And this is a big plus, the Chamlong Asoke's Buddhist vegetarian outdoor food court is near the market so we always go there for lunch. The population is 97% Buddhist but it's hard finding vegetarian food in Thailand.
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| JJ Market coconut water man |
*Footnote:
In the comments, Mr. Donut posted an interesting detail about the Chatuchak Market. Thanks Mr. D.
"It's more than a hundred thousand visitors per day or something like that, but it feels at times like a million all trying to cram into a closet."
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You can tell when a dog knows she LOOKS GOOD.
Oh indeed. This little lady was all shine!
It's more than a hundred thousand visitors per day or something like that, but it feels at times like a million all trying to cram into a closet.
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