Super Long 'Tuk Tuk' outside the MBK Center
During a recent trip to Bangkok some 2 weeks ago, I stayed at the Ma Boon Krung (MBK) area, and was pleasantly surprised that it was a shopper's paradise for people looking out for inexpensive bargains for Jeans,Cargo Pants, T-shirts (print Ts, embroided and iron - on but good fakes), perfumes (also fakes), Thai souvenirs (woodcraft, ivory and crystals), costume jewellry and trinkets. There is another famous market called Chatuchak Market which is normally opened on weekends which is a great draw for tourists from the world over. I have never ventured there, preferring to go to the Chatuchak Park, in the middle of the business district of Rachadaphisek and Lat Phrao for my morning runs. The place is full of tourists and locals alike and there is a Ma Boon Krung station which makes the area very accessible.
Every Wednesday there would be a Muay Thai boxing exhibition match, so for holiday makers, tourists and locals, this is the place for inexpensive Thai food, shopping and even Thai style massages. Do give Ma Boon Krung a visit the next time you are in Bangkok.
Amazing Street vendor performing on the 'drums' made of only
plastic and metal drums
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