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Shops on the move

Broom cart, Bangkok.

In Bangkok, you don’t always need to drive to the store to do your shopping - sometimes, the store drives to you. With wares loaded on push carts or on bicycle-peddled stands, these mobile entrepreneurs supply Bangkok’s citizens with both useful goods (like the brooms in the above photo), and some more unusual luxuries (like the sticker and inflatable-toy stand in the photo below). They’re not just a good way for fledgling shop-keepers to avoid Bangkok’s real-estate rates, they’re also an extremely convenient form of shopping. Continue reading →

Toy market at Sanam Luang

Toy market, Sanam Luang, Bangkok.

Most people connect Thai markets with strange produce or Buddhist artifacts, but you can actually find nearly anything for sale on the streets of Bangkok. For example, this vendor at Sanam Luang specialized in used toys - perfect for reconnecting with that Strawberry Shortcake doll you lost years ago.