On Sunday we got up around midday to go to Chatuchak weekend market with two lasses from the hostel, Shelley and Helena. The guidebook described the market as being a place where you could buy anything including baby tigers, iguanas and monkeys… Therefore we were in more of zoo-visiting mood than a shopping mood, with tiredness and hangovers taking their toll as we tried to mooch through seas of people whilst also making sure no dirty little scruffers could nab anything from our pockets. At one point Shelley felt something touch her handbag behind her and brought it round to her front to find it had been unzipped, but nothing had gone and that’s the closest we’ve come to any sort of crime in Bangkok, so its not as bad as the horror stories make it out to be… touch wood. Anyway, we found a section with lots of fluffy puppies and kittens (honestly if you saw them you’d come here and buy one every week) but searched in vain for tigers and monkeys. Asked a genuinely friendly guy (genuine as in he wasn’t tryin to fleece us or rip our eyes out) about them but he said the animal market had stopped 3 months ago cos of new laws that have been brought in. Bad doo. The market was a good experience though, it was well big and we were lucky to get hold of a map otherwise we’d have got completely lost. Stopped to wait for Helena (who mooched off on her own) in a tourist info centre where we were the only tourists, there was a massive pile of police riot shields in the middle of the room (presumably from after the coup) and absolute lack of tourist info.
1. The only spacious area in the whole of the market (only place where we dared get cameras out)
2. Shelley shield banter
On the night we though fuck it, we’ve eaten loads of Thai food already so let’s treat ourselves to a curry followed by watching the Man U v Arsenal game. This idea kinda spread from just 4 of us to the majority of the hostel, ending up with 18 of us trekking down Sukhumvit in search of nosh, booze and footy. Ryan & Peter had a chicken tikka massala which quite blatantly wasn’t what it claimed to be but did the job. Toms prawn biriyani was good. Curry was followed by far too much alcohol and lots of banter. Including Peter capturing a pic of a Man U fan and Arsenal fan just after full time, with seriously contrasting emotions.
3. Ryan, Peter, Shelley, Paul, Tom
Paul (Man U fan... actually from Manchester) in foreground. Arsenal fan is Tom.
2 comments:
Sounds like your having a good time boys, the pictures of the temple look very impressive! Good to hear your still bevying over there and hope your sampling all the foreign beers for me!
Trust you lot to go to the market and the only thing your interested in is buying a bloody moneky or tiger! (if you happen to purchase an animal get a monkey for me sort you's out with the moeny when you get back)
I'm still recovering from the 24 double episode season 6 premiere last night!! WOW!! 1st episode involved Jack ripping a chunk out of a terroists neck, unhandcuffing himself and escaping the terrorist base - this was achieved after he'd been stabbed in the shoulder and back! JACKS BACK!
PS Should of found the Boro VS Bolton game - now thats how to play football! 5-1 TO THE MIGHTY REDS!!! UP THE BORO!!! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HERE WE COME!!!
Keep the GS Posse banter alive around the world
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Brings back memories; I've got some of the same pictures, though 20 years ago the roads had more tuk-tuks and fewer cars.
Curry and football in the pub. You boys getting homesick?
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