"Nampan - Great Market" Nampan by herzog63

Nampan Travel Guide: 44 reviews and 67 photos

Nampan - Home of an Awesome Market

The Nampan Market was such an awesome place to wander around. It had everything and was set up mainly for the local people to buy and sell Fruits and vegetables, house hold goods, chickens, cows and other livestock. There are a couple of rows right in the front selling touristy souvenirs too. When we arrived we just walked past the souvenir hawkers who were all very cordial asking us to look at their "store".

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Pros:Awesome market!

Last visit to Nampan: Mar 2003
Intro Written Apr 1, 2003
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Laquerware Off The Beaten Path (6)

Well I think there are different ways of producing lacquerware but I'm not sure of the exact ways so I won't try to... more travel advice

Finished Cheroots ready for shipping Off The Beaten Path (6)

A big ol' stack of cheroots that are ready to go for shipment. The ladies can roll a bundle of them quite fast. more travel advice

Preparing the rolling leaves Off The Beaten Path (6)

This lady was preparing the leaves for the rolling process. Every part of the Rolling of the cheroot was done by hand... more travel advice

Rolling a Cheroot Off The Beaten Path (6)

In Nampan one of the cottage industries is cheroot rolling. Cheroots contain Tobacco and other dried leaves and stuff. I... more travel advice

Warnings and Dangers (4)
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Transportation (2)
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Favorites (10)
See All Bug spray and Tea??
Things to Do (9)
See All Dried Lake weeds

Shopping (1)
Touristy Souvenirs
Local Customs (10)
See All Hilltribe ladies at the market
Restaurants (2)
See All The Finished product
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iandsmith Nov 20, 2004 at 6:10 PM

Fascinating insight. Evocative pics.
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kyoub Aug 26, 2004 at 3:03 AM

Another great page. Don't you just love looking around these kind of markets?
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GillianMcLaughlin Jul 24, 2004 at 6:39 AM

A brillian, brilliant page. I want to go there right NOW! You're a traveller after my own heart: I'm forever making up the content of dialogues when I can't understand them :-) Am off to find those floating gardens!
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Bwana_Brown Jun 5, 2004 at 4:37 PM

A very nice page on your close-up look at life in Burma! Definitely a totally different way of life to ours!
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globerover Apr 28, 2004 at 8:58 PM

there are still so many places in this world that are almost unspoilt by mass tourism; seems you found such a place here; great pictures, also in the travelogues; you "only" lost 2lbs - you are kidding, I always gain several kilos in Asia!
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Hosell Feb 27, 2004 at 3:12 PM

Another very interesting page.I liked sp. all those markets scenes,great page and amazing photos!!!!!!!
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dr.firas Feb 20, 2004 at 2:06 AM

Nice Page Scotty :-) Lots of unkown places where we can at least visit through your pages :-D
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tessy Nov 11, 2003 at 1:15 PM

Great impressions from the market! Love the colors, the stories, the people! Fantastic!
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vaticanus Nov 1, 2003 at 1:35 PM

Nampam looks like the place to load up on sackfuls of cheroots, dried fish and garlic-- and bring it all back through US customs a la Monty Python. Great page Scott.
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sachara Sep 23, 2003 at 12:56 AM

Wonderful market, beautiful scenes. Now I understand why you made hundreds of photo's a day!