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Bangkok 2005 Part 2a: Chatuchat

Before i start this entry proper, i have to give a shout out to Scott, who chose me to do this meme thing on his blog! Unfortunately i can't do it cos i've just started using iTunes and it's not everyday that i listen to music from my com so the results arn't that great... Back to the entry...

The next day, we woke up bright and early, went downstairs for the hotel's breakfast (the usual American breakfast) and set off for the famous weekend market via the BTS (Bangkok Train Station, not to be confused with Buangkok MRT station AKA white elephant).


The crowd overwhelmed, the heat stifled.

The sun whacking us mercilessly from above, and the crowds packed like sardines in the narrow lanes of the pasar malam-like stalls didn't inhibit our determination to shop! However, it was the increasing lack of anything to buy that did us in...

Soon, we were feeling quite tired and were about to leave when suddenly, out of nowhere, we stumbled upon a shop selling Bathing Ape stuff! Colin was squealing with joy and it rubbed off on me. Soon, we were just rummaging through the racks and grabbing everything we liked, cos it was like friggin cheap compared to clothes in here! And according to him, Bathing Ape is like THE original brand, while Slurping Ape is some copycat or sth... *Shrugs*

After our surprising find, we vowed to come back again on Sunday to try our luck trawling the stalls for good buys...

This time, we had the layout of Chatuchat pretty much covered, so we didn't need to waste any time exploring, and could dive straight in and shop!


I bought nice rope bracelets, a bag and second hand Nike shoes...


Colin bought a few of the local handicrafts, not including the one in the picture though... Should have bought that one cos it's quite cute isn't it? Just that it was still the first few days into our trip and we were a little concerned of overspending..

Afterwards, we had lunch at one of the roadside stalls and surprisingly, it was quite nice... But dunno why my noodles came abit cold... And there were cubes of pig's blood in it... You recall when we were very young it was everywhere in Singapore, but now it's nowhere to be found...


We were sitting beside these nice locals (i think) who helped us out, but i can't remember what was it that they helped us with... Haha... I think as we were taking the photo, something dropped and two of the women were distracted... *shrugs again*

After lunch it was more walking and shopping... And then walking somemore...


By the time we decided to leave the place, we were shagged out, to say the least...

Wait, what's in the background?


Goodness, look at the number of cars still at Chatuchat!