Stinking hot today - 36 degrees and no wind to speak of. The weather network said it was going to be 36 but feel like 35 - seriously- more like 35 and feels like 40!
We hit the road at the crack of 9 and headed to Sanpatong. Home of the Cow market - called this because it is the site of one of the oldest markets in the north and they use to barter goods there, including cows. It is something else - keep in mind as you look at the pictures that it was 36 degrees out and half the time you are walking under a steel roof in a labyrinth of aisles. Nothing in Thailand is level - not the roads and definitely never the sidewalks. It is walker beware as you navigate electrical cords, rocks, ditches, bricks, animals, kids, water and even people.
The market had everything under the sun - except cows. I will let the pictures do most of the talking.
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| Chilies galore! |
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| Not sure what they are but they do love to fry stuff! |
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| Knock off shoes and purses - cheap but really low quality - even for a knock off! |
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| Fish balls according to Sumana |
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| Rice crackers being drizzled with chocolate. |
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| Shallots - cheap! |
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| A full load of shallots. |
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| Lots of fish |
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| Paws crossed and just chillin! |
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| Could have even bought a wig for those bad hair days! |
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| French fry stand - the Dutch would not be impressed! Toppings were ketchup, hot sauce, cinnamon and sugar?? |
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| Stuff everywhere - it was endless, on both sides of the road. |
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| Hand made baskets and fishing nets. |
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| Housewares |
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| Honeycomb |
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| Even get the bees with this one! |
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| Something about pink hot dogs that just make my stomach kind of turn! |
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| Meat under the steel roof in 36 degree heat! |
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| An Asian market would not be complete without the cock fighting. |
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| Seemed to be a considerable amount of betting going on! |
We walked around the market for a few hours and then left in search of lunch and a cold drink.
At the complete other end of the shopping spectrum we went to Marko - the Thai equivalent to Costco. Tomorrow we are taking food to the monks. I suggested that I would make pasta but a jar of Prego spaghetti sauce was about seven dollars and there are 63 monks.......so needless to say I quickly switched to taking them prepackaged Thai cakes.
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| Fresh seafood surrounded by ice! |
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| Pastes of every sort under cover! |
The two extremes of the day.
When we got back we scrubbed the downstairs - probably 1500 sq ft of patio then we spent the evening making soup for the monks tomorrow.
Check out the size of the pot!
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Bitter melon that will be mixed into an omelette tomorrow am. Right now it has to sit in salt water overnight.
The lucky Monks that are getting all this food are an hour and a half away and Sumana just told me that she is not sure of how to get there! Humm - could make for another interesting day! |
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