A shopper's paradise - Chatuchak market

If you ever find yourself in Bangkok on a weekend, visiting Chatuchak weekend market is something I would recommend strongly. But only if you have plenty of space in your luggage. The market is only open on the weekends and there are more than 8000 market stalls here selling anything from souvenirs and clothes to food, textiles, furniture and even pets.

Section 2, the place to shop for wearable, cheap and hip clothes

The puppy section. They are so cute that you really want to take one home with you.

Whatever you may be looking for, you can find it at Chatuchak and if your bargaining skills are good, it can be very cheap. We did not really intend to buy a lot, the plan was just to stroll around and take a look at this piece of shopping heaven. After two hours of looking around, I found some really nice handbags which I just had to have and then we found some nice things for Matthias as well. In the end we left with a quite large plastic bag full of bargains.

Shopping at Chatuchak might not be as comfortable as shopping in the malls of central Bangkok, but it definitely pays off to go here and seek out the stands where the product are not sold in bulk. We found a number of stalls where they only had one or two pieces of the same item.
The downside of the market; it is hot and can be crowded. We went early in the day to avoid the masses and it worked quite well, especially when we visited the stalls further away from the main road.

It is easy to get to Chatuchak market, just take the BTS to Mochit station (end of the Sukhumvit line) and you will see the market from the station. If you don't actually see the market, just follow the masses and you will get there! It is possible to get there by MRT and get off at Chatuchak Park.

Cats we met in Asia

I was just sorting the pictures we have taken so far and found that we have taken photos of quite a number of animals. Particularly cats.

This is not really strange since we both love cats and we have met some really nice ones during this trip, here are some of my personal favorites.

Kitten in Kuching (which means cat in Malay), Malaysia.

This little tiger wanted to get into our hotel room at Borobodur, Indonesia.

Hungry and playful kitten in Vietnam

This was truly amazing to see. Hoi An, Vietnam.

This cat decided that Matthias' lap was a great pillow and stayed there for over an hour.
Phonesavanh, Laos.

Our best friend in Seaview Resort, Koh Tao, Thailand

She spent hours sleeping on my lap when we spent one rainy day in the lounge.

This was the largest and heaviest cat that we met. He was just massive!
I had just sat down when he came and lay down beside me, cuddling my legs.