Mandalay Market Mandalay Shopping Fruit Markets

A Mandalay market is a great place to spend some time and watch the people. Many markets in Mandalay and Myanmar in general are real street market means, the goods are spread right on the road, and stalls are only a few. The people don’t want to waste money on the stalls, on top of it the goods on the street can easily packed up quickly when they have to run away from authorities, since many markets are illegal but for many Myanmar’s this is the only source of income.

There is also no difference between the everyday customers and bulk buyer, the wholesaler just gets more discount. Probably the most colorful markets are fruits markets. The fruits are always very tasteful and orderly arranged on a large plate made from bamboo or palm leaves.  

A very lively Mandalay market is virtually around "every third corner" and covers food, fruits, flowers, plants, handicrafts and clothes plus some other items, other goods are bought at shops. A Mandalay market is usually not a big one but they are specialized in different items at different markets. This are crowded places with a friendly and busy ambience.

All goods probably also can be bought at some shops and malls but at a Mandalay market the items are typically cheaper as in a shop and it is possible to negotiate. Even as Myanmar is a very save country, probably the safest of all south east Asian countries, be careful, there are sometimes pickpockets and other thieves.

Myanmar markets somehow show the variety and knowledge of Myanmar people to create fruits and flowers. Myanmar flowers are a similar subject, since the country has all possible climate regions, from the ice mountains of the north with south east Asia's

highest peak the Mt. Hkakabo Razi, this is northern Kachin State to the tropical regions further south a variety of fruits and vegetables is grown, actually every day the trucks from the north and from Shan State bring oranges, apples, pineapples, bananas and almost all other know fruits to the markets in Mandalay, Yangon and elsewhere.

This is also interesting with flowers, at markets in Yangon, Mandalay and other parts of the country beautiful home grown, roses, lilies and dozens of other great flowers are for sale. In Thailand, Singapore and the countries of the region they import them from Europe, it doesn't make sense but its a fact. On top of it, all this is extremely low priced. From time to time I decorate the rooms with this flowers and other flowers I don't know the name and I have never seen those outside Myanmar, one set of lilies is about $2,- in Thailand they charge at least $ 15,- and that's only a few hundred meters away and imported from Europe, strange things isn't it ?