With the boat we went all the way from Sathorn station to Rachawongse, finding ourselves with a map and without a clue where to go in the middle of China Town. Our plan was to make our way through to Little India. As chance would have it an Indian guy approached us to help us find the way. Like he said we followed the streets with beautiful buildings, crossed the big street and the bridge over the small river. Through narrow alleys with garages full off bags filled with herbs and spices, we let ourselves lead further by the scents of curry and herbs in our noses. Finding ourselves in a labyrinth of Indian shops and restaurants we made our way through to the main road, to land in the middle of Little India. Our first stop was an Indian shopping mall selling Indian jewelry, henna colours, and hundreds and thousand of different kind of fabrics. You could find massage salons, Indian food, tailor shops, stalls selling cosmetics and much more. Leaving the mall through the back entrance, we make our way through narrow streets with vendors selling clothes, vegetables and herbs to another main road where we hope to find the Indian market we were looking for. If it was Pak Khlong or Phahurat Market or something completely different we will never know, but it was streets and streets of shops and stalls selling mostly clothes, all kinds of Indian stuff, cosmetics and food. Fleeing from the heavy rain the raining season brings with it we stay dry in a 7-11 branch before we decide to take a taxi and go – or rather stand – through Chinatown traffic to get home. What we are left with are some great impressions, small things we bought, and some henna colour to be tested the coming days.
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- Geisterhaus – Spirit house
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- Kräuter in Little India – Herbs in Little India
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- Indisches Einkaufszentrum – Indian shopping mall
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- Indisch essen – Indian food
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- Obstverkäufer – Street food vendor selling fruits
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- Saftverkäufer – Street food vendor selling juices
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