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The Chatuchak Weekend Market

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Posted Thursday, March 6

This past Sunday we joined 2 new friends for(Alex and Ang) for a trip to the Chatuchak Market. Because the of the heat, we started at 4:30pm and for over 2 hours we only covered the clothing section. After dinner we took the MTS(the Metro Subway) then transferred to the BTS(the elevated train) home.

  • The Main Street of the clothing market
  • unending crowds
  • Make-up not needed
  • T-shirts
  • Cool drinks
  • Food stand???
  • Barri found a shirt-about $6.50
  • Alex & Ang with new shirts
  • Fresh fruit
  • Cheers with fresh coconut smoothy
  • More shops
  • Need some plates
  • Flower shop
  • Into the evening-still crowed
  • Clothing shop???
  • Pick a watch, any watch
  • Choose your entre
  • Antique book stall
  • Motorcycle parking lot
  • Traffic out side the market
  • Street scene out side the market
  • The subway-waiting for the train
  • Alex with Phantom aid in subway
  • Standing room only on BTS train
  • View from BTS platform

With over 200,000 people visiting Chatuchak Market every weekend.This Bangkok marketplace has become the world’s largest weekend market. The market has over 15,000 stalls that are spread across 35 acres and 26 sections, which range from food and art to antiques and fashion, and much more.