Dec 30 2008
Talat or the afternoon market
All over Thailand talat is very popular. It literally means market. Sometimes, these markets are static. They open only in the afternoon around 3 pm until about 6-7 pm. Sometimes there is also a day market which opens only once a week on a particular day. During this time, merchants from neighboring towns or villages come to sell their products. Here in the UK it’s more like the carboot sale.
Jane, Karoline, and me sometimes went to this market outside the campus in the town center. Since we didn’t have fridge in our apartment, we only bought foods that were either consumable within a day or two. We actually didn’t need to store food anyway because we ate at the school cafeteria. But sometimes during the night or in the morning we were too lazy to walk to the cafeteria.
Anyway, in talats we had to force ourselves to learn Thai basics like numbers and asking for discount. They are the most important things foreigners should know before venturing in the talats or Thai markets where no one could practically speak English.
