bangkok: Chatuchak Weekend Market JJ MArket Shopping and Food

Food at Chatuchak

Lot of fried foods and snacks stalls. 

Fruits and Ice cream.

Coffee, bubble tea and lame soda :D

Find them a bit overpriced.

Did not try most of them.

My interest was bubble tea, iced coffee and ice cream as the weather gets a bit too hot.

Try the food stall during my previous. Was not impressed especially when I realised that the pork in their salad is suppoed to be medium raw.

My previous entry of Chatuchak food

I suggest going Chatuchak in the morning like 9am when the weather is still acceptable and the crowd is still manageable.

 At 1pm, I usually will leave as the weather gets unbearable especially the sheltered area tends to trap heat.

Take the train to to Chit Lom BTs or Kampaeng Phet MRt. Taxi is not really advisable as the traffic jams in bangkok can get quite bad. How to walk there? Just follow the crowd.. haha..

Chatuchak don't really have large discount or bargaining options.

The key word is wholesale, and ask them on the number of pieces to buy for wholesale and the price they can offer.

Wholesale can range from 2-5 pieces and the discount can be quite substiantial like 50% off the price quoted.

I try understanding the Chatuchak map but it just get me confused. I just walk around until I see segment selling clothes and I start exploring the area. There is a newer area near to the BTS, the clothes are also not bad.

I think is a bit difficult to get back to same shop again unless you have fantastic navigation skills and also it wastes a lot of time. Just buy whatever you like if you think the price is right. Price difference is usually not significant even if you find another shop selling the same thing and most likely you won't.

HAve fun shopping :D

BAGS?

Slippers? 

Dresses? Accessories? Shirts? Sunglasses?

Soooo much things to buy

They are loofah, essential oil, soaps..

Something of normal..

Chopper? Sword or figurines?

Not very crowded

 For the kid in me. Voodoo dolls and toys

Does that tell the story of guys?

Spice up the house?

Lamps? Napkins?

 

Clock tower

How do i cart this home?

 A bicycle at the ceiling as decoration??

Just right below the king is JYJ.

Kpop taking over bangkok too.

Flowers?

After visiting Chatuchak, can visit this market 5 minutes walk away.
Or Tor Kor market

Hong Kong free and easy : Huang Da Xian (黃大仙) Immortal Wong

 My parents 

One main reason for visiting this place. My dad wanted to.

Huang Da Xian (黃大仙) aka Immortal Wong

Just take the train to the station and follow the signs.

walk out of the station and you can spot the temple quite easily.

The place is not very big but not very small. Can spend around 30 minutes if you want to explore the whole place. Definitely need more time if you are going to take lots of photos or praying. It was drizzling when I was there but there are still a lot of people praying.
There is a small garden at the right side of the temple.
See the baby dragon and that hand. Everyone seems to be touching it and so we joined in. haha.

 Sumo hands. Much bigger than me and my sister's hand

Hongkong : plane ride sunset and the moon

Hong Kong: Random Shots

Macau: Tips Ferry, Sims, CAsino

If you taking ferry to Macau, I will suggest you book early.

For people departing at Tsim Sham Tsui
Can walk from Tsim Sha Tsui exit A1 and walk towards canton road and then turn right till you see a junction and cross diagonal to the China Hong Kong city.
Turbojet from Tsim Sha Tsui and Central
cotaijet Tsim Shan Tsui
First ferry Central
Ferry from Hong Kong airport

For the first class, a simple meal will be provided and the seats will be more spacious.

For people, who want a Sim card. There are vending machines selling Sim at the ferry terminal at MAcau.

There are also buses which you can take to Casino of your choice for free. There are buses linking each casino and sometimes to places of interest. Check with the staff at the casino. I took the public bus around at times.
I visited Venetian Macao, it supposed to be the largest in the world with a canal.

Minimum bet for jackpot starts from hk$0.05. No worries for, people who are not risk taking and just want to pull the jackpot machines.

Just insert you dollar notes, when you tired of the machine or out of luck, just collect your money and move on to the next one. You can redeem the money at those big machines that look like ATM.

Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral

Please go there with an empty stomach. Lots of samples for you to try. Try before buying. 

But for Buddhists, ask before you try the bak kwa as it may be beef bak kwa.

They are even piping hot seaweed egg rolls to try out.

Try the Portuguese egg tarts too.

Avoid the pork bun which the stall has a tv showing some idol dramas and idols visiting the stall. The pork is hard and bland. Definitely not recommended.

hong Kong : Ap Liu street 鴨寮

Step out to Ap Liu street and you will find stalls selling handphone cases and screen protector. I am not sure about the quality but the price and variety seems good.

We went up the 北河街市政大廈, it was a wet market.

You see live chickens, vegetables and fruits.

If you are not into this, just walk at ground level.

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There are almost no shopping for clothes and shoes here.

Good for Buying fruits, vegetables, pastries and dried goods.

Trying to understand the cantonese.

Dried Starfish for sale.

Lots of dried goods for sale.

Dried oyster, mushrooms, fish, cuttlefish, sea cucumber, ikan bilis and a lot more.

Quite amazed at their collection of dried goods. 

their dried shrimps have small, medium, large. 

As big the prawn we see in the wanton in Hong Kong. (bottom right photo)

They even have  dried duck wings. (middle right photo)

Lot of bakeries.

My parents bought the wife's biscuit from here and I enjoyed my mango desserts

Garang Guni?

SEcond hand market.