Every Saturday and Sunday upwards of 200,000 people head to the world’s largest weekend market, Bangkok shopping wonderland called Chatuchak. Also known as Jatujak or J.J. Market, it is a massive collection of lanes of stalls spread out over 35 acres. Everything you can imagine can be found for sale somewhere within the parameters of […]
Chatuchak Weekend Market
Discovering Lucky Buddhist Amulets in Thailand
As soon as I boarded my first plane to Bangkok, I noticed something different right away about the other passengers filing past me. Around almost everyone’s neck hung at least one pendant that was clearly special. Some had small gold Buddhas while other people had large chains with five or more medallions stationed along it […]
The Rest of the Best!
Welcome back to the second half of the Twelve Best WanderShopping Experiences of 2012. If you missed the first six, check out yesterday’s post. In it we explored shopping fun in India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Turkey and how to get great finds from around the world right from your couch with One Kings Lane. Now it’s […]