Walking the streets (Chiang Mai)

The Walking Street is biggest market in Chiang Mai and only takes place on Sunday evenings. When Jess hears the word market her ears, without fail, prick up, so I said bring on 5 hours of walking through packed streets! I love it! (sarcasm intended)

We found that the walking street is exactly that - walking the street where there are stalls as far as the eye can see in all directions. This particular market shuns the night bazaar into shame. You can purchase fresh food plus some strange additions like sweets made from soy beans (which weren't as tasty as they were colourful), Chiang Mai sausage and everyone's favourite - deep fried insects. Yummo!

The local temples even served as a food court of sorts. Of course food wasn't the only offering, there were plenty of funky t-shirts with my favourite being 'Travelling you get happiness' .. unfortunately the only size they had to sell would be likely to fit my nephew after a few washes.

Ceramics, wooden crafts, paintings, handmade scarfs, bags, and all manor of objects were being sold to the many locals and foreigners alike. Our luck soon ran out weather-wise and the markets were plagued with heavy rain causing many to pack up and leave early so we soldiered our way back to our guest house - that was after getting some more pop-corn chicken!