Straight On To Today's Post,

as there are so many pictures,

I have in fact split the post into two parts, so when you reach the bottom of the page please press the 'older posts' button to see the rest of our day, first stop the Philippine Embassy,

we were collecting a Affidavit of Support, for when Diana's family come over here for a holiday,

and this is it,

job done fees paid,

and we were on our way past the chandelier shop on the next corner,

this is a first for us, a chandelier for a nautical cove, one made in the shape of a ship,

next stop in traffic,

but luckily not for long as we crossed the railway tracks,

and made our way along one of the roads linking the Sumkivitt Road,

to the Chatuchak market,

although it is primarily a weekend market,

many livestock traders are there everyday,

having said that many take every Monday off,

a sign for the new Galaxy Note 4,

the good news is that my Note 3 is still going strong, which is what I would have to be to conquer my fear of heights like the guys on the left of the gantry,

no way for me to be there!

we continued along the toll road,

if anyone is going the same route,

these are the signs to look out for,

wait till you see this one,

but do not take it, wait for the sign for Kamphaeng Phet Rd. 2, we did not,

so we went a slightly long way round,

past a huge construction site,

to arrive where we normally do if we take the Kamphaeng Phet Rd. 2 turn off,

we made our way past the shrine for JJ Mart and parked up,

it is in fact a department store,

next to the market so we park there and this was one of the reasons for doing so,

a KFC breakfast,

the store is huge,

and surprisingly easy to get lost in,

the aisle seemingly endless,

with all manner of goods for sale,

but eventually we found it, the ice cream parlour,

our trip into the fish markets begins,

we made our way past some of the mobile food sellers,

and street side restaurants,

frankfurters in a wrap ready to go,

at this end of the market is where shopkeepers normally buy their stock, 

only large or aggressive fish are sold individually,

or in this case terrapins and frogs in a pot,

we made our way along the street,

dry goods are also on offer here like these plastic plants,

Diana passed the live food stall quiet quickly, she was not very keen at looking at the huge meal-worms on sale as food for fish, amphibians and birds,

so many fish to chose from,

normally the fish are in bags of 5, 10, 25, 40, 50, or 100 pieces,

some like these Siamese fighting fish, (Betta Splendens) are sold individually, here two rows of 10 are stacked on top of each other, so a big bag of 20 pieces for 140 baht,

having said that some command higher prices per fish,

so are sold individually,

time to make our first purchase, 5 bags of fish food,

back past the fighting fish,

one of the more expensive ones put on a show as we went past, shame about the bubbles on the glass,

normally if you keep these fighting fish,

you would only keep one male in a aquarium with your other fish, the males as their name suggests have a tendency to fight,

we decided on a couple of bags of guppies, also a bag of 50 tiger barbs for 200 baht, bargain!

I noticed the hooks for sale in this shop as we made our way to the fish shops where fish can be bought individually, I recognised them as being used for making cages for birds,

so I stopped to take a few pictures of a bird cage being made,

you will often see cages like this on your travels in Thailand as keeping one type of songbird is extremely popular, the same thing as us keeping a canary that sings back in the UK,

we made our way past other stalls,

like this one selling coloured gravel,

and glass beads for aquariums and other decorations,

as well as birds and small animals like squirrels, hamsters, cats and dogs etc, we noticed these goats as well as a few pigs for sale,

past a few more mobile food sellers,

and we were into the aquatic section,

and this is the shop we always call in when we are here, All Fish,

there is always a nicely planted aquarium at the front of the shop,

as with many planted displays there are not many fish,

some of the aquariums with strange ball shaped algae growing in them,

a nano aquarium, it looks big but is only 10 or so inches across,

this one a tad larger at 24 inches,

again a luxurious growth of plants but no fish, the waste from the fish would increase some of the chemicals that would affect the growth of the plants,

on to the fish, as one might expect a good show of fish for sale, we bought a few,

then I saw this beauty, a Altum angelfish, (Pterophyllum altum), many of us will have seen the common angelfish, (Pterophyllum scalare) in one form or another, since the introduction of angels to the public in the early 1900s it has been available in various colour forms, the Altum although not the rarest of the angelfish, that honour belongs to the long-nosed angel,(Pterophyllum dumerilli), the Altum is still extremely rare and desirable, but at 3,000 baht each I decided against any,

Diana a fish widow for a few minutes as I wandered around the shop,

yellow ducks, they are everywhere!

shopping over time for a break,

we watched a few other shoppers go by,

a quick look at some of the fresh fruit stalls,

we then made a move back to the car, past the bird section,

where these cages were for sale, the same as the one we saw being made earlier,

nothing much amiss in this picture,

until you look closer,

a pet prairie dog I think it is, 

we past a few more shoppers,

then back to the 4th. floor and the car, a view across from the new JJ Mart side of the car park,

looking straight ahead,

and looking left the new now open JJ Mart store, next stop the Chatuchak plant market, just click the 'older posts' button to continue our shopping trip.