Zay Cho — Local services in Mandalay District

The market is huge selling veg and fruits, dried stuff, condiments, etc. Bustling with cars and bikes as usual with traffic congestion the norm.

There's a wholesale centre nearby, jam packed with stalls that I fear for their safety if a fire or SARS were to break out. Full of interesting clothes, textile, shoes, stationary, a couple of shops that sell cosmetics and facial stuff.

It's big inside and I always go round lost in the midst. A good tip is to look for sunlight if you want to get out at the ground level. Those are the exits.

Good to take a look. Educational. And please buy some items since you are there. You can't get this price...

It definitely worths a visit if you are in Mandalay! You can observe the simple burmese people doing their everyday shopping there and you can find all kind of stuff in very good prices. I was the only tourist in the area for as long as I stayed there. However, do check in advance with your hotel/hostel staff the hours that the market is open! Following google suggestions that it opens at 6:00, I arrived there at 7:30, only to discover that the market opens its bars at 8:00, even for the vendors. I left before 9:00 and almost half of the shops were...

This is the best place to shop in Myanmar for fabric. This is a local market not necessarily for tourists items. If you're looking for Burmese longyi's I recommend getting them here. The prices were better than in Bagan and Yangon. Most shop keepers I met did not speak English. I used Google translate and a calculator to communicate and negotiate prices. There is an upstairs sectors with people who can mend and sew to finish the longyi's. Bring cash as debit and credit cards won't...