stupidfarang Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Hi, we are traveling from Loa back down to BKK in January, anyone know of good local night markets with local crafts for sale? I am looking for elephant bells, have seen them in Chaing Mai but it is a 10 hour drive from Nong Khai which is a bit much as we need to drive back to Southern Thailand which is 17-18 hours driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, stupidfarang said: Hi, we are traveling from Loa back down to BKK in January, anyone know of good local night markets with local crafts for sale? I am looking for elephant bells, have seen them in Chaing Mai but it is a 10 hour drive from Nong Khai which is a bit much as we need to drive back to Southern Thailand which is 17-18 hours driving. Never seen them. NK not much markets. Udon night markets crappy stuff. Never saw them in KK either. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidfarang Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 16 hours ago, bignok said: Never seen them. NK not much markets. Udon night markets crappy stuff. Never saw them in KK either. Thanks for the info, They are not easy to find, more luck than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 If you are heading for BKK then maybe check out Chatuchak market there. I have not been for a while, but before Covid there used to be quite a few places selling 'antiques' and older style stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) A guess, UT, as much larger than NK. @stupidfarang Spotted this when searching your photo. Edited December 2, 2023 by KhunLA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owiee Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Never seen these anywhere in UdonThani, night markets are mostly food and cheap knockoffs. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 So what is an 'elephant bell' and what is it used for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidfarang Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 23 hours ago, SunsetT said: So what is an 'elephant bell' and what is it used for? The bell was hung around an elephants neck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidfarang Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 10:51 AM, KhunLA said: A guess, UT, as much larger than NK. @stupidfarang Spotted this when searching your photo. Wow thank you for the link, I will check the shop out. Out of interest when searching the photo, was that just a google photo search? Will give it a try. Thank you, appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 4 hours ago, stupidfarang said: The bell was hung around an elephants neck, Wow! Hope u dont lose your elephant before u can buy one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 7 hours ago, stupidfarang said: Wow thank you for the link, I will check the shop out. Out of interest when searching the photo, was that just a google photo search? Will give it a try. Thank you, appreciated Yes ... came up with quite a few photos & links, but that was the only ones with Thai script. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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