Crazy Asia - Blogabond

As there is just so much to see in Bangkok so we again went for a walk around, first catching the underground into China Town where we walked around and around in circles, well so it felt anyway.

Locals drying chillis which are the pigeon's dinner

Then we walked to the India quarter and it was amazing just how much it did resemble India.

Room for a small one

In China Town there were just markets everywhere down tiny alleyways and we were just totally overwhelmed by it all.

Market alley

You just had sections that seemed to last forever with the market-stall holders selling exactly the same things, or more accurately, junk.

Market alley

One section would be handbags, and for about a 20 shops in a row this was pretty much all they sold, well with a couple of food stands in amongst them, then a HUGE sections selling girly things, like bracelets and hair accessories.

Woman who kept abusing Chris with Peacock feathers

Then a huge section of florists, jewellery, chillies, you name it; it was probably there in the masses.

Crazy market alley

However, saying that, you could probably walk around for miles and miles but most of the items sold were so random and the shops so compact you wouldn’t know where to start!

Pretty flowers

We just had no idea at all why they couldn’t spread themselves out so they weren’t selling the same as their neighbours?

Outside one of the many florists

It was just crazy!

Chillis

We have also learnt a lot about Asia, and I know this is pretty much the same in the whole continent when it comes to markets and cities especially…

It all got a bit much for this guy too!

It all got a bit too much

1. As mentioned above with every shop in a mile radius selling the same stuff
2. You can never walk in a straight line, whether its avoiding pedestrians, pedestrians carrying what you believe to be ridiculously impossible as the item is so huge, or anything with wheels, and this includes motorbikes, driving down a tiny alleyway you think only 1 person walking can fit down.
3. Every one of your senses is either abused or fulfilled every second of the day.
4. People are continuously shopping, shopping shopping! Every shop seems to be full of customers and you have no idea where they came from!
5. Nobody ever stops eating.
6. You sum up whether it is more dangerous to either walk on the road with all the traffic or on the pavement, which is so uneven, wobbly, and with tons of holes you can fall down.

written by

chrischarly on July 12, 2011 from Bangkok, Thailand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia

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