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Amulet Market
Thais wear phrá khrêuang (amulets) for protection, usually from evil spirits or bad fortune. The amulet market across from Wat Mahathat is one of the most famous places in Bangkok to buy amulets, which are usually of Buddha images but can be of Hindu deities, Thai monks and even phalluses. The latter is said to protect the wearer from infertility.
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Pak Khlong Market
The bright displays of baby roses, delicate orchids and button carnations are endless and gloriously inexpensive. Pak Khlong is also a big vegetable market. Go late at night when the post-drinking crowd arrives to squander their undrinkable baht. There are plans to redevelop this market into a tourist attraction, but thankfully not yet.
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Pantip Plaza
For the time being Pantip is the Wild West of computer components. Discounted pirated software, fresh off the factory conveyor belts, is the primary draw turning obedient citizens into reckless law-breakers. Hardware junkies work the floors for used parts to beef up ailing machines.
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Patpong Night Market
The Patpong area is the ultimate Bangkok cliché where everything can be had for a price. In one corner are the famous circus-like sex shows and in the other is a crowded market selling name brand knock-offs. (Make sure you bargain hard as prices are grossly inflated). And lying in ambush are the 'DVD, CVD, Sex' video sellers who pop up just as your wife has stepped past.
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Ratchada Market
Most night markets are dominated by knock-off Vuitton but this one fancies vintage and Vespas instead. In Thailand, Vespas were once only workhorses used to deliver bolts of linoleum, but a boho crew of Thais have joined the global trend of outfitting these retro scooters as portable fashion accessories and this weekly flea market is both their supply house and showroom.
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Sampeng Lane Market
You can get anything you want in Sampeng Lane as long as you appreciate the concept of economies of scale. Sandals? Take a 12-pack. Inflatable Superman? They've got five for around ฿400 . If you look hard, you'll find some shopfronts selling tea and tobacco, just like in the old days.
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Thanon Khao San Market
The main guesthouse strip in Banglamphu is a day and night shopping bazaar, selling everything but the baby and the bath water. Cheap T-shirts, trendy purses, wooden frogs, fuzzy puppets, bootleg CDs, hemp clothing, fake student ID cards, knock-off designer wear, souvenirs, corn on the cob, orange juice... You name it, they've got it.
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Thanon Sukhumvit Market
Leaving on the first flight out tomorrow morning? Never fear about gifts for those back home; the street vendors will find you with faux Fendi handbags, soccer kits, 'art', sunglasses and jewellery, to name a few. You'll also find stacks of nudie DVDs, Chinese throwing stars, penis-shaped lighters and other questionable gifts for your high-school-aged brother.
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Vespa Market
Uniting urban cowboys, hip-hoppers, wannabe mods and pissed-off punks, this expansive outdoor market is a virtual melting pot of Bangkok youth subculture. The original emphasis was on vehicles, and you can still find heaps of vintage Vespas and Lambrettas, Volkswagens and Austin Minis for sale or show betwixt quirky T-shirts, used sneakers and modern antiques.
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