Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok

February 21, 2011

I have a duo more posts about our visit in Bangkok, Thailand including this.

Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, Thailand is the largest market in the world. It is very effortless to access as you can go there either by Sky Train or Metro. If you go there with the Sky Train, it is at the last station “Mochit” and with the Metro, you get off at “Chatuchak Park”.

We took a Sky Train and I witnessed the market from the sky line. My eyes got big as the train approached the train station for Chatuchak Market because I eyed roofs after roofs of the market and I thought that the length of the market was very likely one kilometer from one side to the other. That's a lot of walking and looking!

You might be able to tell from the pictures, but there are alleys that are not effortless to shove a stroller around. There are big streets where you can thrust a stroller, so it's not unlikely to shop there with your little one. In fact I did see some families with petite kids on a stroller. We spent an afternoon at Chatuchak Weekend Market, which wasn't enough for me to shop, but it was good enough for our kids. Their little cheeks got pink by the end.

I don't know if you can find RST Spices Shop as Chatuchak is so gigantic and you can lightly get lost. Navigating if you're there for the very first time is almost unlikely, but I desired to put the information on RST Spices Shop as it is one place I found souvenirs. I bought some curry paste and curry powder since it's vacuum packaged in puny plastic bags and they looked effortless to carry. No spilling in suitcase.

192, Soi4, 25th Section

Restaurant With Air Conditioner

To have lunch at an air conditioned restaurant was a must for us since it was super hot and we all were fatigued. This restaurant was an oasis to us. I don't even know the name of the restaurants, but we witnessed it while we were walking around.

I very recommend this Turkish ice juices. The ice fluid seller would showcase a little trick to your child as the ice fluid is so goopy that it would stick to the metal stick he uses to mix the ice juice. The ice juices has this marshmallow like texture which I loved! Best ice fluid ever!

One thing I want to tell you is that you should undoubtedly go check out this amazing and fascinating market if you ever visit Bangkok. It's a shopping heaven. It's worth observing and you'll love shopping there if you like to shop. Compared to markets in Jakarta such as Tanah Abang and Mangga Dua and Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Chatuchak Weekend Market is the easiest to shop because they already have prices on there. I'm sure you can bargain, but since I witnessed the price tags and the prices were fairly reasonable, I thought that they were the prices I was supposed to pay and didn't think to bargain.

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