Yeah, all kinds of designated shopping stops. We understand these are all commissioned but nevermind. I didn't buy much but my wife had her fill of shoes and bags. We didn't buy foodstuff like sharkfin and birdnest since we have no idea how to cook it anyway. The adventure part was of course the free and easy hours on our own without tourguide and tour bus. That's when adventure turned boring with the language barrier, though we understand the universal language of numbers - they were trying to overprice and con us most of the times.
bro..sometimes language barrier is fun too .
in thailand always ask for discount except those high class shopping mall of course . bargaining is fun in thailand too ...