Sam, Annette and Zoe have come to stay. They were surprisingly chirpy given they'd just stepped off a 12-hour flight and no sooner had we eaten than off we went to the Night Market, a short walk from our home. It's a great place: hundreds of tiny shops arranged along tight passageways selling everything from hip clothes and souvenirs to antiques and jewelry, plus a lot of modern interior decor, and good quality not tat. It also has some decent restaurants, a bar or two and the fairly famous Joe Louis Puppet Theatre which gives nightly performances of the Ramakien, Thailand's version of the Ramayama. Half an hour of shopping is enough for any man so Sam and I slipped away for a drink with the women-folk joining us a little later. Ever since we arrived in Bangkok there's been talk of the market closing. Tenants have been given numerous notices to move out but nothing much has happened, thankfully. A small part of it has just been demolished but otherwise it's as busy as ever. What do the leaseholders want to do with it? Turn it into another shopping mall of course.
I stayed in a discount hotel Bangkok close to the 'night market' and have fond memories of it. It's a great place and I really hope they don't turn it into another shopping mall.
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