BANGKOK'S A SHOPPER'S PARADISE WITH INCREDIBLE THAI PRODUCTS AT AMAZING PRICES! NO WONDER TOURISM AUTHORITY THAILAND USES THE FAMOUS TALINE 'AMAZING THAILAND' WHICH IS THE GOSPEL TRUTH!

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PHOTOS BY CANON POWERSHOT SX 720 HS

 JJ MALL IS A SHOPPING CENTRE OF GOOD SIZE SPREAD OVER 3 FLOORS IN AIRCON COMFORT! CHATUCHAK MARKET IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND SEMI-OUTDOORS AND CRAMPED AND BIT SWEATY BUT I LOVE IT!

 VIEW OF CHATUCHAK MARKET FROM OVERHEAD BRIDGE

GOING TO CHATUCHAK FROM CENTRAL BANGKOK BY TAXI IS AROUND 100 BAHT BUT GETTING BACK TO YOUR HOTEL AROUND 6 PM OR SO IS DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THAT! SO BARGAIN HARD BUT BE PREPARED TO PAY AT LEAST 200 BAHT UNLESS YOU ARE LUCKY AND FIND A DECENT DRIVER

 I ALWAYS VISIT THE TOP FLOOR TO ADMIRE THE STATUES OF KINGS OF THAILAND ESPECIALLY THE CURRENT KING RAMA X AND HIS GREAT FATHER KING RAMA XI

 COULD BE FROM EUROPE'S FINEST STORES BUT THESE ALL MADE IN THAILAND AT A FRACTION OF WHAT YOU EXPECT AND YES, MOST ARE EXPORTED TO EUROPE! MANY ARTEFACTS LIKE THESE SELLING IN LONDON AND PARIS AND NEW YORK ARE FROM THAILAND! OMIGOD AND TO THINK YOU GOT A BARGAIN WHEN PAYING 10,000 EUROS WHEN IN JJ MALL YOU JUST PAY 2,000 EUROS! HAHA

 SEE? LIKE IN EUROPE'S PALACES

 A MAGNIFICENT CHIMNEY FOR YOUR TROPICAL HOUSE!

 WONDERFUL

 WORSHIP BUDDHA ALWAYS

 NAGA KING 

 NAGA KING

  

 GANESHA 

 4 FACE BRAHMA AND KING RAMA IX AS NOVICE MONK

 KING BUMIBHOL IS NOW IN HEAVEN PRESIDING AND WATCHING OVER THAILAND, THE NATION HE DEVOTED HIS ENTIRE LIFE FOR 

 4 FACE BRAHMA

 BACK TO EUROPE!

 MODERN REPLICAS AT A FRACTION OF THE ORIGINALS IN EUROPE

 THESE ARE BRAND NEW, NOT ANTIQUES BUT MADE TO LOOK THAT WAY

 ANTIQUE

 KINF RAMA IX

 THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING OF THAILAND AND QUEEN SIRIKIT THE QUEEM MOTHER

 UNUSUAL TAKE ON BUDDHA

 EVERYTHING IS ELONGATED!

 FLAME OF KNOWLEDGE

 CAPTIONS OTW