Sunday Night Walking Market, Chiang Mai

Thailand is FULL of markets. These markets usually sell souvenirs, fruity drinks, street food, etc. Many of the souvenir stands were the same throughout the entire country. In Koh Samui, they had a walking street in the fisherman's market and at Chewang Beach that we wandered around every night. Bangkok has a few walking streets as well, including China Town. One of the most well-known walking markets is the Sunday Night Walking Market in Old Town Chiang Mai. We thankfully were not burnt out on markets yet and were staying right by it, so we decided to walk around for awhile. It had a lot of the typical souvenirs, linen pants, Chang Beer T-shirts, vibrant colored purses and bags, and jewelry. Along with the typical souvenirs, there were stands with one-of-a-kind items such as paintings and carvings. There were also tons of street performers on the street. As always, there were lots of stands with street food, which was very fresh and good quality so we finally built up to courage to try it. We were hooked from then on! $2 Pad Thai?? Please and thank you!

We really enjoyed the walking market. I love to just wandered around and look at things, so it was right up my alley. The only problem we had was that it was SO crowded, especially because it was around New Year's and tons of tourists were in town. It was hard to even move forward or backward towards the end of the night and it took us forever just to walk the couple of blocks back to our hotel.

I never got around to buying a pair of these, but they are very popular among tourists. They are comfortable to travel in and perfect for covering up your legs to go inside of the temples. 

We saw tons of markets while we were in Thailand, but this was definitely one of my favorites. I loved that there were more unique items and that the street food was so fresh! My only regret is that we didn't get a painting or something unique to remember our trip by. We kept waiting and waiting and only ended up buying a few little souvenirs. 

Have you ever been to a walking market? Do you buy souvenirs when you travel? 

Linking up with Bonnie and Tina for Travel Tuesday!