The street shoppers

Today's post is of our day yesterday. It was Sunday so we are off to the "weekend market". You can find anything from used clothes to live animals and plants not to mention several other weekend shoppers looking for a bargain. The most surprising thing of this trip is that Dan agreed to go. This is a guy who won't go to anyplace other than Home Depot. The weather continues to be hot and sunny although there is a cloudiness to the sky not like the blue sky we normally see. No rain.

We take the sky train and follow the crowd when we get off. It is about thirty acres of stalls and shops with most of it covered.  Walking around with the sun beating down is draining   There is no air conditioning so you are at the mercy of a vendor that might have some sort of fan.  About 45 minutes into our exploring Dan finds a stall selling some sort of wooden objects he plans to use in the garden. We continue our exploring to see if there are any other great treasures that need to relocate to the US. Here I make a costly mistake I did not take a picture of the nearest section marker so we can find our way back. We stop at a bar in the market. Dan tries Thai beer and I opt for a fruit smoothie while listening to piped in Maroon 5 classics and people watch

We covered most of the sections that interest us and attempt to find the stall selling wood plant things. Here the fun begins, we even spent 2 cents and bought a bottle of water to get a map and directions. About the time we were going to give up we start seeing things that are more familiar y a success is ours. The seller would have done better if we purchased when we first saw the display. Poor Dan was too tired to negotiate and my friend Lorraine the expert negotiator isn't with us. Just think it is only day three and we are buying things to take home. This could be a problem since we were at max weight in our suitcase when we left the US

Tomorrow is a travel day. Off to Phuket