Chatuchak Weekend Market

Josh and I ventured out to Chatuchak Weekend Market. A re-cap our our adventure...

The Bus Journey -
We researched which buses to take - turns out Google maps and the Bangkok map of buses isn't entirely correct. We thought it would take two buses - no it's three. The first bus we had correct, but when we got on the second bus they told us to get off - we're not sure why. A group Thais then helped us figure out the best way to go. We traveled with a women we were told to go with, at the stop she showed us the free bus to take to Chatuchak - she also told another man what we were doing so he told us when to get off. So we found it - thank you to all the Thais who helped us farangs (foreign white people- that's how I understand it)!

JJ Mall & Chatuchak Market
Next to Chatuchak Market there's a mall - it's more like a market in air-conditioning. We got some yummy DQ blizzards - taste the same! Then we traveled outside into the maze of shops called Chatuchak Market. This place is ridiculously huge and seemed to have no rhyme or reason - you can easily get lost in this place! We could have walked around all day and still not seen the same shop twice!

Clothing and food shops everywhere, pets, furniture, artist painting and selling, fabric, luggage, nick-nacks - everything is here! We even stumbled onto a western cowboy section with American country music playing! The market did have a pet section - cute little puppies, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, snakes, turtles, fish, guinea pigs, and I'm pretty sure we saw a baby monkey! Pure craziness to walk though this section! If in Bangkok on the weekend, one must visit this crazy market for the experience alone - also for plethora of shopping options, if you can't find it here it doesn't exist!

We purchased a new carry-on suitcase we filled with the rest of our purchases - dresses, purse, sandals, and a rug for our apartment. Josh also picked up a new hobby at the market - more details to come! We tried to head out of this crazy maze and get on a bus back to the station...  in our search we walked all the way back to the main station... oops!! We found the correct bus and headed back home. We were so excited to get home but the bus zoomed past our stop so we had to walk another mile back to our apartment. Turns out buses don't stop at the stop unless the button is hit - lesson learned!

If this wasn't enough shopping in one day we then went on a search to find The Pizza Company which was suppose to be close to us... we couldn't find it. (Side note: we found one today and it was yummy!)Then off to Big C for some more apartment supply shopping.

One busy Saturday full of shopping!! I'll leave you with a shot of my sweet new broom! (And notice our sweet new fridge behind me..happy)