Blog - BKK #13: Suan Lum Night Bazaar
BKK #13: Suan Lum Night Bazaar
Another market we visited in Bangkok was the Suan Lum Night Bazaar, located close to the Lumpini MRT station. This market was a lot more comprehensive than the Chatuchak weekend market, especially since it's much smaller.
Most of the shops were selling all kinds of souvenirs, T-shirts and stuff, but some really nice shops did stand out! All located in a same corner were a few friendly shops selling antiques, old records, used or original clothing, etc., and all were quite interesting.
So if you go to this market, I strongly recommend that you look through all the alleys even if a lot of the shops seem to be the same old stuff.
Click the thumbnails for larger images.
Also, there was some sort of festival going on with live bands and a large food court, all under a large tent just by the market. The food was cheap and good.
What kind of sucks about food courts in Thailand is that at most of them you have to check the price for what you want to buy, then go to a coupon counter and buy coupons, and then go back to the food stand and buy your stuff. Our guess was that maybe they don't want to touch money while preparing food, but still it's so inconvenient.
Unused coupons can be refunded though, so if you're used to the prices you could just buy a bit more than you'll need (most dishes are below 50฿) and then get a refund.
Posted on October 1, 2004 at 00:34 | Tweet
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sounds more like a security/loss prevention measure to me...
thanks for passing along this kind of info! i will probably just bring snackables though
Posted by bud on October 1, 2004 at 08:38
Ah, that must be it! So that the employees can't put money straight in their pocket or such.
Posted by Patrick on October 1, 2004 at 08:43
what i was thinking anyway.
Posted by bud on October 7, 2004 at 06:56
I wish to visit Bangkok soon and have heard much about the Suan Lum Night Bazaar. Please let me know the most
convenient hotel or which is the nearest hotel to this night bazaar.
Thank you.
Helen
Posted by helen on May 2, 2006 at 13:29
There are tons of hotels in the area. I recommend searching around on the Web, on sites such as http://www.tripadvisor.com/
For part of our trip we stayed at The Metropolitan which isn't far from the bazaar.
http://www.chipple.net/mt/2004/09/25_001326.php
Good luck!
Posted by Patrick on May 2, 2006 at 13:34