There were so many more in Bangkok, Thailand than just beautiful souvenirs, great food and restaurants. There were the famous river market and railway market that I would really love to visit. However, many of my friends warned me about the food there before I left Taiwan, saying that I should really be aware of the hygiene problems...
Since the markets were out of reach through feet, so I looked up their whereabouts earlier on the Internet and searched the locations where I could take the bus to get there. There were two river markets in Bangkok, Anpawa and Denangsa. The former was like a night market which gets busier as the night grows old, and Denangsa was known as the morning market, so I decided to pay Denangsa a visit first. Many people shared their experiences of buying the package tour in Khaosan road, the tour would take care of your meals and travel, but since I'm more a on-my-self guy, so I stuck to my own and got to the minivan in Chit Lom BTS station.
It was after about one and half an hour before we arrived at the morning market Denangsa, people jumped out of the van and started taking pictures of the whole view with passion. I reached for my pocket and found that I didn't even have the camera with me. What the hell, it's to late to get it now, so I guessed i would just admire the view and remember the whole thing in my heart.
Many venders just paddled around in their small boats with loaded vegetables and fruits, chatting with each other and not a bit worried whether they are making profits or not. I like this kind of casualness, everything seemed to be going in such a smooth, slow and peaceful pace. There were also many big umbrellas offering the pedestrians some shelter from the big, hot sun. Most of the tourists were just taking pictures around, staying in the shade, I saw few that were really buying things from the boats and the booths that lied around.
I got my butt to the bus station and set off toward Mae Klong Railway Market after a short meal of rice noodles, and it wasn't long before the whole van was packed with excited travelers, all gabbling about our destination and what we were going to see there. The driver sped and the minivan was jumping up and down the dusty ground, in just a few minutes, I was starting to see railways and small booths that was packed so near to the rails. I was kind of worried about the venders and what they were going to do once the train came.
The truth was, I over thought the whole thing.. Eventually, the train arrived and the venders that scattered on both sides of the rails moved in such a speed that they were packed and gone from the rails by the time train crossed, they must have practiced the routine for months or years haha.
Mae Khlong was much more interested than the river market, and they sold all kind of goods in there. I left for the Asiatique night market when darkness started to set in, I strolled around looking for dinner, checking out some of the local cousine and clothes... none to my liking.
Finally it was time to go home to the Fifth Residence and hit the shower, relax my body from walking around in the heat all day. I bought another two bottles of juice, one orange with pineapple and the other the grapefruit in Tesco on my way home. And to my surprise, by the time I turned the doorknob and entered the room I had sweetly missed the whole day, my bed was finally covered in bedding, towels were laid, toothbrushes on the sink and toilet paper at last provided! So I assumed the room keepers must have forgotten about it in the first place XD
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