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Markets
and Districts
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China Town (
Yaowarat ) |
This area is one of
the oldest trading area of Bangkok and when
Chinese traders were moved from their old
site some 200 years ago (to make the way for
the Grand Palace), they settled here. The
distrinct culture of Chinatown is present
here at a high level. The shop-houses abound
with goods from China, restaurants, dispensaries,
Goldsmiths, etc. The China Town is situated
between Yaowarat Road and Charoen Krung Road.
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Jatujak Market |
Jatujak is the world’s largest week-end
market having 10-15 thousand stalls and visited
each weekend days by 200-300 thousand people.
This shopper’s paradise is full of many
fascinating things to see and merchandise
to buy . The market is on Pahoyothin road
and opens at 7 am to 5 pm.
(crafted wood sculptures, paintings, rugs,
traditional Thai fabrics, clothes, flora and
fauna, etc.)
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Flower Market
(Pak Klong Talad) |
| This is a wholesale market
for fruits, vegetables and flowers. The fruits
and vegetables are sold indoor white flowers
are sold outside in the street. You can visit
this market even in daytime or in nighttime. |
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Amulet Market |
| Amulets are usually considered
as simple small religious things but for Thai
they represent a lot of things and for some
of them a lot of money. The rarity of some
of them mixed with the religious value raise
the price to several millions of Bahts. Even
Thai people never buy but borrow amulets,
this market is very interesting to discover
because it is the only one market where things
are sold only to Thais. Not any tourist would
buy one of them. |
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Klongs (canals)
of Thonburi |
More than 100 years back,
when there was no car, Kings of Thailand
decided to dig many canals in the purpose
to increase communications in the country.
And this is the reason why Europeans at
those times had called Bangkok “ The
Venice of the East”. Today this large
region still keeps its unique way of life
among nearly hundred kilometers long of
waterways.
1)
Ko Kret
Visit the Mon community and the pottery
village , Wat Phai Lom (Ayuttaya style)
with its chedi in Mon Style, Wat Paramai
Yikawat in Mon Style built more than 200
years ago.
2) Bangkok Noi
One of the most popular way to visit the
Royal Barge Museum and Wat Arun is by
a long tail boat along the Bangkok Noi
canal. While cruising in this canal, you
may also visit the Wat Sai Floating Market,
The Snake Form, Wat Kalaya Nimit and its
40 feet tall Buddha Image and its mural
paintings dating from King Rama III. Wat
Suwannaram and its early Bangkok period
(19th century) best surviving murals relating
the last ten lives of Lord Buddha (Jaltakas)
and the Subduing Mara posture.
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