Sawasdee Ka... (Part 3)
Day 7 (Sat 16 Dec 06)
Today's agenda is Chatuchak Weekend Market... but before the shopping begins, we had lunch at Ottoko market (I am not sure about the spelling but that's how it sounds)... this market is so interesting... they sell green groceries and cooked food also... the food are all delicious... I had some sweet pork satay, crispy roast pork and some thai noodle soup... all yummy...
The fruits... they are huge!! bigger than normal size... back in Indonesia, every time you heard some fruits are called 'bangkok ...' (eg. bangkok papaya, or bangkok durian) ... you can guess that the size must be big... well, in this market, those fruits live up to their name... we saw huge apple, huge durian... everything is huge!!... pity I don't have the photo to show you...
In this market, I think I was too hungry and too fascinated with the market that I forgot to take photos hahaha... this market although can be considered traditional market, was extremely clean... before we get there, I was expecting to see wet market... but this one is very comfortable and clean...
From here, we crossed the road and started the shopping journey in Chatuchak Weekend Market... again I bought some tops... the humidity and my feet condition reduced my shopping spirit a little bit hahaha... but my spirit is nothing compare to my sis... she can walk the whole day in heels, shopping!!! I definitely can't keep up with her...
With the weather being so hot and humid, it was nice to have some cold dessert... and we notice some dessert stalls selling this black jelly that you have with some syrup and palm sugar with crushed ice... I used to have this when I was a kid... love it!! In Indonesian, we call it 'cincau hitam'... sorry I don't think I can find the translation in English =)...
black jelly or 'cincau hitam'Finished shopping we try to get a taxi or tuk-tuk to go home... but none will take us!!... absolutely none... don't know why... at the end, guess what... we have to take a bus!! with no air condition!! to go home hahaha.....
Day 8 (Sun 17 Dec 06)
Today we went to see Thai puppet show in suam lum bazaar... very very interesting and entertaining... although the whole show is in Thai, they have English translation... this particular traditional Thai puppet is called 'Hun Lakorn Lek' in their local language... it is different to other Thai puppet show... one of this little puppet requires 3 puppeteers to operate one puppet... and they are so life-like... this is definitely one of tourist attraction I would recommend to people!!... a really good 1.5 hour of fun!!...
my sis and I with the pretty puppet...For dinner, we went to this spaghetti house... really nice food... quite different to the authentic Italian spaghetti but still taste nice... we ordered Pad Thai spaghetti, spicy tuna spaghetti (this one I really like) and spinach with garlic bacon and cheese... yumm...
Day 9 (Mon 18 Dec 06)
We are suppose to go to Chiang Mai by 10am but the flight was delayed until 12ish... by the time we get there it was already 3pm and we went straight to hotel and then to the Royal Flora Show... lucky it was open till 9pm... beautiful arrangement... was held to celebrate the King's 60th anniversary Accession to the Throne... only open from 1 Nov 06 to 31 Jan 07...
at the entrance
look at the beautiful arrangement and landscape...
do you remember my story about Thai people wearing yellow t-shirt on Monday to respect their King? now, can you count how many people wearing yellow t-shirts?? =)Night time we went to nearby Chiang Mai night bazaar and have dinner... mushroom tom yum and sticky rice with mango for dessert...
Day 10 (Tue 19 Dec 06)
Local market is our target today... we went to Warorot market... and you will notice the food area will sell lots of this crackers... it is something like pork cracklings, but thinner and crunchier... taste nice... the locals normally have it with green chili deep... apparently this is a unique Chiang Mai food... so if you come here, make sure you try them...
giant avocado... look at the comparison to the orange next to them!!
can you see the pineapples have more than one head?!Interesting... in Chiang Mai, they don't have taxi... what they have is 'Song Taew'... their local taxi... very airy... hahaha... cause the window has no cover...
chiang mai's local taxi... 'song taew'...They also have this type of transportation... similar to this in Indonesian we call it 'becak'... I don't know what they call this in Thai... this is my transportation when I was in primary school in some 'kampung' (village) near Jakarta =)... the difference is this one passenger sit on the back, with mine passenger sit on the front...
becak?For lunch we went to Good View restaurant by the Mae Ping River, again nice food... the pork knuckles (German food) that you eat with vinegar deep is the best!!
Day 11 (Wed 20 Dec 06)
Relaxing today... I intend not to go out at all and just play with my computer... so I don't think there will be any interesting stories to post...
see more photos on my album, if you're interested...
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