Bangkok’s China town market

A walk down Bangkok’s most popular china town district and you will fall in love with the vivid picture it portrays. Chinese merchants had moved into this area of Thailand’s capital around 1780 and since then, this place has had a special significance of its own.

Once you enter the Chinatown, narrow lanes and congested streets welcome you. The typical faces of the shop owners and residents here will make you believe that you are actually walking in a street of china! More so because not many people here are well versed in English and conversing therefore becomes quite impossible.

Perhaps the only tourist attraction here is the Wat Traimit or the temple of Golden Buddha. But if you cannot do without buying some souveniers, then try out the markets here.

The Thieves market is great for authentic Chinese artifacts. The constricted Sempang Lane is an overcrowded sight but very good for textile and clothing. The Yaowarat is perhaps the most famous and busiest streets of china town and the uncountable dazzling gold shops here are a must visit….and if you get tired after a day long walk down the Chinatown, then don’t miss the DimSum, the Bird Nest soup and other peculiar Chinese cuisine at the numerous restaurants here.