This was now my third time in Bangkok, and it is to be my last for a while! I decided that i should do some shopping here, like buying clothes for when i get home, as i will only have my backpacking clothes when i get there, so getting them cheap here and posting them home was the plan. I also couldn’t resist buying a few other little trinkets as they are just so cheap here...
So my first full day was spent at the Chatuchak weekend market, where they have over 15 000 stalls. You can buy anything that you can imagine here... from pet hedgehogs, to crafts, to clothes, to food, ceramics, lighting... well, i will leave some space for your imagination... At one point i joined a group of Thai women who were making these bead balls which fit nicely onto fairy lights and they look so beautiful. I ended up learning how to make them and helped them by making two for their big order. There was a Thai woman who was struggling to get it right and when she saw this ‘falang’ (foreigner) getting it right, she gave up in frustration.
After walking around, i then tried to find my way home – it took me about 1hour before i was on the right track in order to catch a bus back... i was wanting to just calapse after that long day of walking around in that chaos, but i had washing to do...
Els was making a return visit to Bangkok, and so i my stay in Bangkok coincided nicely for a reunion. This time Els was with her partner, having both just come from a trip to Tibet, and so we decided to go to the Royal Palace together. After a long hot morning wandering around the palace grounds, they went back to their guest house and i went to China town and beyond. I had intended on taking the bus, but as i didn’t quite know where to catch it from i found myself walking. I landed at this amazing wholesale market where i managed to find the same beads that the ladies in the Chatuchak market were using, so i bought some of those to send home! I was exhausted by the end of the day, so headed back with my arms laden with shopping bags...
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| The Garuda protecting the temple that houses the Emerald Buddha |
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| Miniture Angkor Wat (as in Cambodia) |
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| nice roof, against nice clouds... |
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| The infamous Emerald Buddha, that was taken from Laos a few hundred years ago... |
My last day was spent packing up a parcel to send home – as i cannot take any wooden items into Australia, so all such goods had to be sent home ahead of me... and then of course, in order to lighten my load for the next month, i sent some of my shopping home too... Then it was off to catch the night bus to Krabi...
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