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Weird Night Markets or Flea Markets

vixenlady May 24, 2012 no Comments

I am a frequent traveler, and I always love to shop, buy some gift items for my love ones and friends back home. I would say Asia is the best place for shopping, because of its weird, unique, bizarre, funny souvenirs found in shopping areas or markets. Every time I travel to a country of my choice, I always asked for the address of night markets or night bazaars of my country host. The night market or night bazaars, are what they call the ‘street market’, where vendors rent a small area for their stalls, and usually, night markets operates at night. You can find cheap and inexpensive items in the night market that includes, ethnic souvenir items, clothing, accessories, jewelries (but be careful, there are lot of fake jewelries), cheaper electronics but most are “pirated” items, street foods, and many more. There are countries who do not have night market, but you can find Chinatown in every country. The flea market or swap meet bazaar, is where vendors also rent spaces to sell or barter their merchandise from bargained items or low quality items to higher quality of second hand goods. The flea markets differ from the night markets, although, they have similar structure and is more distinct from street vending. In Australian English, the flea market is called “trash and treasure markets”, in the Philippine English, they call it Tiangge, which is borrowed from Filipino Chinese speaking Hokkien or maybe from the “Nahuatl tianguis” in Mexican Spanish term, or locally called by Filipinos as talipapa, in India it is known as gurjari or shrukawadi bazzar or juna bazzar. In England it is famous as carboot sales, where the event takes place in open field, parked their car with open trunk which they call the “boot” and the goods displayed on i. But if the event is held in school halls or church halls, they call it jumble sale (or rummage sale, where second hand items are sold) or also known as bring and buy sale. Here are some famous night markets and flea markets.

1) Taiwan: Huaxi Street Tourist Night Market or Snake Alley

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Huaxi Street Night Market, Wanhua, Taiwan"

Huaxi Street Night Market, Wanhua, Taiwan

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Huaxi Street Night Market, Wanhua, Taiwan"

Huaxi Street Night Market

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Huaxi Street Night Market, Wanhua, Taiwan"

The Xiaochi or street food area in Snake Alley night market, Taipei, Taiwan

Shopping at the night market is affordable for locals and tourists, and I think it is more practical and easy on the budget. For instance in Taiwan, you could buy jeans at 100 TWD (Taiwan dollars) which is equivalent to USD 3.37.

Raohe Street Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Raohe Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan"

Raohe Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

Raohe Street Tourist Night Market, Taipei City

Raohe Street Tourist Night Market, Taipei City, Street Food stalls

Taiwan Raohe Street Tourist Night Market

Shilin Night Market, Shilin, Taipei

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Shilin Night Market, Shilin, Taipei"

Shilin Night Market

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Shilin Night Market, street vending"

Shilin Night Market, street vending

Shilin night market, Taipei

Fengjia Night Market, largest night market in Taiwan

Fengjia night market, Taichung city

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Feng Jia night market"

Feng Jia night market

Feng Jia Night Market street food stalls

Ximending Night Market, Taiwan

Ximending Night Market

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Busy Ximending Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan"

Busy Ximending Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan

2) Beijing Dong Hua Men Night Market, Beijing, China

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Dong Hua Men Night Market Beijing"

Dong Hua Men Night Market Beijing

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Beijing Dong Hua Men Night Market Wangfujing Food Market"

Beijing Dong Hua Men Night Market Wangfujing Food Market

Dong Hua Men Night Market and exotic street foods, Beijing, China

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Beijing Dong Hua Men Night Market Wangfujing Food Market"

DongHua Men Night Market,street exoctic foods, DongCheng District , Beijing

Dong Men Night Market, ShenZhen, China

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Dong Men Night Market, ShenZhen, China"

Dong Men Night Market, ShenZhen, China

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Shenzhen Shopping Festival"

Shenzhen Shopping Festival

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa electronics markets of Shenzhen , cheapest electronics"

electronics markets of Shenzhen , cheapest electronics

The cheapest markets of electronics, Shenzhen, China

desktop computers, and repairing, if not making, laptops-- there's certainly enough parts to build them from scratch.

desktop computers, and repairing, if not making, laptops– there’s certainly enough parts to build them from scratch.

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Fake iPhones"

Fake iPhones and Strange Sights at a Shenzhen Market , PCWorld

In 2008, I was in ShenZhen, China and I was so curious to buy electronic items such as mobile phones, laptop, and other accessories, which I found very expensive in any other electronics store. I bought a Blackberry for 500CNY or USD 79.36, but soon I arrived at my hotel room back in Hong Kong, the charger became hot and I was scared to continue charging my phone. Then the following day my phone is not working. Well lesson learned, you can but any items maybe at the night market, but not electronics or gadgets that may endanger your life.

3) Night Market in Hong Kong: Temple Street Night Market, Hong Kong

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Temple Street Night Market , Hong Kong"

Temple Street Night Market , Hong Kong

Temple Street Night Market, shopping at night

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Temple Street night market, Hong Kong, China"

Temple Street night market, Hong Kong, China

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Temple Street Night Market", food stalls"

Temple Street Night Market”, food stalls

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Temple Street night market, Hong Kong, China"

Temple Street night market, Hong Kong, China

4) Dongdaemun Night Market, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Dongdaemun Market , Seoul City, South Korea"

Dongdaemun Market , Seoul City, South Korea

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Dongdaemun Market , Seoul City, South Korea"

Dongdaemun Market

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Dongdaemun Market , Seoul City, South Korea"

Dongdaemun Market, Seoul City, South Korea

Dongdaemun Market - Dongdaemun Shopping - Dongdaemun Gate

Dongdaemun Market – Dongdaemun Shopping – Dongdaemun Gate

5) Japanese Night Market in Moonta Street

Night market in Moonta st, Japan

Takeshita Dori District, Tokyo, Japan

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Takeshita Dori, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan"

Takeshita Dori, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshita Dori District, Japan

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Harajuku District , Takeshita-Dori"

Harajuku District , Takeshita-Dori

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Harajuku District , Takeshita-Dori"

Shoppers crowd the street along Takeshita dori in Harajuku, Shibuya

Night Market in Shinjuku, Japan

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Night market, Shinjuku"

Night market, Shinjuku

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Night market, Shinjuku"

Street market at Shinjuku, night shopping, Japan

Mga resulta ng larawan para sa Night market, Shinjuku"