So we came back on a beautifully air conditioned plane, 50 mins from Chiang Mai to Bangkok instead of the 15 hours it took on the sweaty train!!! We are in a small guest house (with no telly to lukes dismay!!). On Sunday we decided to go to the huge Chatuchak market, only around 8000 stalls! We got up early (at 7, anybody would think we were going to work!!!!) It had everything; clothes, shoes, food, homeware, gifts, plants, statues, electrical goods and even animals (hopefully not to eat, just for pets.) They had siamese fighting fish in separate jars with cardboard between so not to stare each other out (but no photos allowed), dressed up squirrels in boxes that were hidden under the counter (along with other animals) when the market police came by
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