Chiang Mai has at least three major night markets, and many more minor collections of street vendors, throughout the course of a week. This isn't including the dozen, at least, collections of food carts that I'll talk about later. There's the nightly "Night Bazaar", which strikes me as more of a way to part tourists from their money than an actual shopping destination. On the weekend, however, there are tons of vendors along "Walking Streets," where crafts-folk sell their creations, food, musical talent or other product of any sort to the locals and tourists alike. They shut down traffic on major streets in the old city which are then swarmed with people. I'm finding the weekend markets to be the best, as the prices tend to be marked already instead of inflated for foreigners. And I have to admit that they put Portland, which has the longest running artists' market in the US, to shame. Seven nights a week, multiple parts of town, all different sorts of themes. This place is as alive at night as during the day. Here's a quick look, I'll surely have more to come in time...