Notes of Thai Mommy: "The largest market on the planet did not accept me"

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Actually advise where in Bangkok you can buy something, the lesson is rather stupid. Well, it is like advising where you can breathe air. Because sometimes it seems that the entire Bangkok is one big store market. It happens that in the morning you pass by the cute park, where the crowds run away by local residents, and in the evening the place is fabulously transformed: suddenly the tents appear, merchants raid with their own goods, and most often the scene is even built - to make purchases not in silence, And with musical accompaniment.

The most famous Bangkok market is Chatachak, which is located at the station of the ground metro station of the same name. He is famous for his gigantic sizes. Just imagine: it covers an area of ​​150 thousand square meters and knows about 10 thousand outlets. According to some information, Chatuchak is the largest market on the planet (!) Everything is there. From clothes to exotic food, from a cheap wide up to exclusive models, from modern technology to antique furniture.

In local shopping centers you can wander weeks ...

In local shopping centers you can wander weeks ...

Chatuchak is working on weekends, and here, as a tourist, tourists come from all over the world. Enthusiastic reviews about this market on the Internet - Pond Pond. However, personally, Chatuchak has not yet given. I tried to master it five times, no less. But every time everything ended in deplorable. I wandered into the Second-hand section, and I became bad from local smells. That suddenly from the beautiful souvenir ranks fell into the kingdom of animals, where dogs, cats, lemurs, squirrels, hamsters are sitting in the cells, lumes, whiskers, and from smells, it became bad again. In short, like Harms: "Dad asked to give you all that the theater closes. We all sick! "

Therefore, at some point I did not tempt fate - well, it does not work with us with a chatter of close contact. But in Bangkok there are quite a few other places that are worthy of attention of any shopaholic. And it is a pity that the units know about them ...

Continued ...

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