Mae Sot’s municipal market is among the largest and most vibrant we’ve encountered anywhere in Thailand. There’s heaps of exotic stuff from Myanmar, including books, sticks of thanaka (the source of the yellow powder that you'll see on many Burmese faces: it's a natural sunscreen), bags of pickled tea leaves and velvet thong flip-flops (known as 'slippers' in Myanmar) from Mandalay.
Municipal Market
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