Hot & Spicy Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai...Part 3

The bridegroom's cousins took us back to the hotel however, we wanted to go get eye-more, couldn't find any in local pharmacy then I suggested to go to d BIG C...yes, u can find a lot of things there. It is Thailand's hypermarket.I always love to go there whenever I am anywhere in Thailand. I usually get some of my toilettery supply here..It is cheap like tooth paste, lingerie detergent & Loreal range of product. I even get Thai chilli paste here for fried rice, Tom Yam paste & Tom Yam instant noodle. ...crazy huh!


After Big C, we went back to hotel and we got out again (without the cousins as they went back to the village). This time we went to walking street bazaar which open only every saturday.Just don't want to miss it. It is very near the hotel however we need to take a tuk tuk there.Got the receptionist to call for us . Cost abt 80THB. (fyi ,the return trip was only 60THB).Heard that tis walking street bazaar is better than the daily night bazaar and this is where the locals would go & prices are rather reasonable.

And the moment we enter the bazaar is about abt food food food..and yeah we couldn't resist them. As we walk we bought food. And it was cheap. The price was abt 20 -25 THB. And lot's of clothing and souvenirs (you name it) ...better than our pasar malam. And not so many repetitive of each stalls.I love it. Weather that nite was a bit chilly but pleasant to walk around with fresh air. U just wanna grasp the air as much as possible.Just feel good abt it. And u don't sweat either. And the bazaar is never end and it was hive of activities. FYI, it was 2 days before Loy-Krathong.And on the street vendors were selling "Gong Ming Deng"- the white huge latern and also bouquets of flowers for offerings and to be released into the river.

We didn't buy any that cos we wanted to wait ...hoping prices would go down and fresher flowers....LOL! Clothings were cheaper than BKK. As u don't need to get wholesale price of 3 pcs like Platinum mall (prices were between THB100 -190) depending on what you want. Sellers here don't go down the prices that much).I tried and they will just ignore you. You can do it at the night market.A lot of ppl sell winter clothes like from China which I don't think that they will be that cold compare to China which is freezing cold during winter. Chiang Rai was quite mild for me that you only need a shawl with a long sleeve top. (may be it was too early in Nov that the winter has yet to set in).But I saw the locals were wearing winter jacket & I was only on T shirts & jeans. even Cameron Highlands or Genting are colder. Guess coming from my previous experience in Shanghai, this is so mild.

Half way thru the bazaar, we saw a huge field....OMG...FOOD AGAIN! this is big area for food only.Lot's of food that U probably never seen before.I bought 2 drumstick with soya sauce ("si yau gai')...Guess how much ?U will never get the price in our pasar malam..It was only 50THB for 2 pcs (FYI, it was the drumstick including the thigh).Ayam percik in our pasar malam would cost RM4.00 - RM4.50 for one pcs.And it was so tasty....so yummy!Only one stall that sells that. They have got wings as well as chicken feet if u love them. We were looking for a place to sit down n to enjoy the food however we could find any. The locals were like just picnicking on the grown with just a mat or newspaper and they truely enjoyed the food and chatting & drinking...nice weather.So syiok!

Well, since we couldn't find a place to sit, we continue to walk and we saw huge latern nearby (for loy -kratong) and ppl were doing line dancing there...so happening. And there was also a Top competition (Gasing) .Wah..it has been donkey years I see ppl spinning top with such a great skill.Then we walked further down I saw flower hair clip which I wanted to buy so long however, KL is expensive and it cost more than RM10 @ the Curve flea market. Guess how much I got it there....120bath for 3 pcs (different style) and the girl gave me one free clip (not the flower type). And the seller was a beautiful lady, she demostrated on her beautiful hair and passers by just couldn't help themselves but snapping pictures of her non stop. She look so beautiful to be at the bazaar. A lot of ppl buy from her too. The bazaar seems so long that we were so tired and called it a day. So we made a u turn, the bazaar was long way to go & never end. And we continue to shop on d way back...bought a few more T shirts...LOL!Very tired indeed....To be continued