Naturally Bangkok, among other Asian cities, is well known for its shopping options. In one respect, as I believe I mentioned, it is a lot like Kuala Lumpur in that there are malls and malls and malls and malls everywhere. Not just the garden variety malls like in North America and in the UK: huge 10 storey malls with hundreds of stores catering to every whim. What surprised me yesterday, though, was a night market we went to. I expected that it would be a bit like Chow Kit in Kuala Lumpur: food stalls, cheap designer knockoffs, live animals... and a particularly nasty "wet market" with previously live animals, water all over the floors, and a bit of blood thrown in for good measure. So imagine my surprise when we arrived at Suan Lum Night Bazaar
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