BANGKOK 2017 : CHATUCHAK WEEKEND MARKET - LEATHER

Pagi Ahad dah bersedia nak ke Chatuchak Weekend Market. Tidak sabar nak menjelajah keseluruhan kedai. Tapi berdasarkan fakta, memang sukar untuk habiskan semua 4,000 buah kedai. Kami habiskan masa lebih kurang 6 jam, itu pun dah letih macam rasa nak tido tepi jalan. 

 The Chatuchak (or Jatujak; Thai: จตุจักร) Weekend Market, on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, is the largest market in Thailand.^[1] Also known as JJ Market, it has more than 8,000 stalls, divided into 27 sections. Chatuchak Market sells nine kinds of goods: plants, antiques, pets, food and drinks, fresh and dry food, ceramics, furniture and home decor, clothing, and books. - Wikipedia

Chatuchak Weekend Market (www.chatuchak.org)

            -Metro: Chatuchak Part Exit 1 or Kamphaeng Phet Exit 1 & 2

            -Subway: Mom hit Exit 1

            -Bus #3 (Red) and #524 (Yellow) at Bust Stop nearby Phra Athit Fort

            -Bus drop nearby Mochit Skytrain (above)

            -Walk few step toward Chatuchak (JJ)

Bekas letak pemetik api (lighter).

Pekerja sedang menebuk nama atau apa-apa perkataan yang diminta oleh pelanggan. Aku meletakkan nama untuk beberapa orang kawan karib.

Key chain berharga THB 80-120

Keychain yang cantik diperbuat dari kulit.

Berikut merupakan penjelasan sejarah kewujudan Chatuchak. (Berdasarkan artikel dari Wikipedia).

"Chatuchak Market has been open for more than 60 years since 1942.^[2] In 1948, when Jompol Por Pibulsongkraam was prime minister, he had a policy in which every province was required to have their own market. Bangkok chose Sanam Luang to be held as the market. After a few months, the government had to move the market to Sanam Chai, but finally the market moved back to Sanam Luang in 1958. Later in 1978, the government used Sanam Luang as a recreational area, so the State Railway of Thailand donated the land on the south side of Chatuchak Park to establish as a market. By 1983, all of the merchants had moved to Chatuchak. At that time the market was called Phahonyothin Market. In 1987, the name of the market was changed to "Chatuchak Market".^[3]"