Mar. 8, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: A food vendor does business from her bamboo baskets in the Chatuchak Weekend Market. The market covers an area of 35 acres with more than 15,000 shops and stalls. It has over 200,000 visitors each day it's open (Friday - Sunday), and they spend an estimated total of 30 million baht (approx US$750,000). The range of products on sale is extensive, and includes household accessories, handicrafts, religious artifacts, art, antiques, live animals (which unfortunately are frequently caged in cruel conditions), books, music, clothes, food, plants and flowers. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press