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Bangkok Market

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Bangkok and Thailand is a paradise for the bargain hunter. Especially the street markets of Bangkok offer almost everything a consumer can think about it.

A journey through the bargain labyrinths via tough heckling can start at the Patpong night market just in front of the go-go bars with the nice Thai ladies who wait for you.

Thai street food also gives a opportunity to learn about Thai Kitchen on location in front of you. But you better be aware of 2 two subjects related to any Bangkok street food and market. The first is, all the items you see are laying there probably already for hour maybe even days and they are usually not covered.

Bangkok and practically all Thailand has a terrible air pollution problem due to traffic and other factors, actually almost nobody cares about the air pollution issue. That means all this dirt in the air will settle partly on the street food or the food offered in the markets.

If you buy something from the market in Bangkok and elsewhere you can at least take it home and clean it before eating, this hardly works with a fried chicken etc. you find at the street market or with the soup pot without a cover.

The second issue with Bangkok markets and street food is the hygienic, almost all the people don’t care very much about cleanliness and you will find this out when the stomach hurts. Especially dangerous are non heated food items like vegetable, salad and in particular mixtures like the famous papaya pok pok.

The next problem at the Bangkok street markets is, they always use water from the tab and everyone who know Thailand and other countries will tell, never 

let tab water enter your body, even if its boiled. Every reasonable restaurant in Bangkok and Thailand uses water from the bottle, also this water sometimes is not good, in particular when it comes from the big plastic containers.

So, if you are hungry in Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand go to a real restaurant, they are usually also very cheap and clean.

Even very narrow side streets and boardwalks offer a kaleidoscope of exotic markets with sometimes strange colors, smells and tastes.

Very interesting markets in Bangkok are in China Town, where still are some of the most important markets of Bangkok. When the city was founded in about 1782 Chinese traders started their business there.

Today, in the small streets still many of the typical Chinese houses can be seen where at the open ground floor is the sales and storage area and the upper floor serves as living room. The same can also be found at Phuket, Penang and all the way down to Singapore. Only

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in Myanmar or Burma all this quarters are more Indian style.

One of the most famous markets in Bangkok is the Chatuchak weekend market. Many trader who offer their goods on Bangkoks non food markets come to the Chatuchak weekend market to source their goods for sale. At right you can see some cheap hip hop or bling bling jewelry. They also sell other iced out gear and hip hop earrings

Dozens of bright booths try to sell upholstery, fashion  bags, buckles, bling bling, pins and all kinds of "Hello Kitty "imitation. Others sell school supplies and children's shoes.

Flip-flops are offered,  Chinese clothing, lampshades, and in between, in a open road, exotic fruits and vegetables. A little further then appliances galore: washing machines, radios, computer parts, tools which will brake after the first use, they come from China, and of course, DVDs and CDs.

Although much smaller, but similar busy is Pahurat the little India of Bangkok north of Chinatown. Sikhs and Hindus plus the smell of cinnamon, pepper, cardamom and perfume plus he rhythms of Indian music in Bollywood-style.

Bangkok markets are not only a hub for tourists, but also for goods from all over Asia, from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to Afghanistan and Tibet. The entire range to get at Chatuchak, Bangkok's biggest market. Every weekend a quarter of a million people in the sauna temperatures have a look on about 9,000 stalls and shops. There are other myriad of air-conditioned shopping malls of the city frequented by younger Thais as hip and trendy hangouts.

At Bangkok Chatuchak market you get almost everything, tanks full of Siamese fighting fish, antiques, orchids, chickens in cages, dogs  

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and snakes. Musical instruments, religious amulets, sarongs, trendy fashion from young designer, opium pipes, all the obscure vintages magazines and not to forget more and more fake branded goods at knock-down prices. Few, however, edifying protected wild animals.

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