July 30, 2012

Chatuchak

There are many markets sprawled across the state of Thailand but this weekend market, famously known as Chatuchak, is THE ultimate one housing everything essential for shopaholics – delicious street food, cheap but good cognacs, clothes (i highly doubt if i should mention this obvious), paintings and handmade souvenirs, on top of providing each visitor an impeccable shopping experience with a flock of amusing people from all walks of life; just like the Crocodile Man i’ll introduce you in a minute. Typically, the best day to start the day is with a cup of good coffee and that’s exactly what we did:

{inviting bright yellow smiley chair that silently shouts “sit on me now!”}

{Ai Rene and Cherry waiting for their perfect cup. we decided to “go separate ways” here as i’m not too much of a coffee person}

{more coffee and donuts huts}

{profoundly positive that yours truly will find scrumptious local food instead…}

{…and had both bowls shown above all by myself}

{girls usually go crazy when it comes to this part of shopping. can you spot my boutique???}

{e.g. of some local fashion accessories; which i find a bit old fashioned hence bought none}

{this man believes that he is a crocodile – look at his face. it costs RM5 just to take a snap of him but it was only after i took this when i figured that out – lucky he can’t do transformations like Dr. Curt Connors, but then again you’ll never know}

{real crocodile heads he chopped off to sell every weekend}

{getting lost with the crowd, in the crowd}

{a body-written-stories}

{to be honest, all i ended up buying was a Chaang beer singlet, a Calsberg singlet and a Starbucks singlet, finished exploring the market in a matter of half the time my girls used, and found myself sitting in a rustic bar packed with foreigners instead}

{below are the results of my attempts in capturing shots of people vs expression and relationship (for the very first time)}

{the dragon chicken man}

{happy gay couple}

{the angry husband}

{male BFFs}

{girls rejoiced + made new German friends}