Dur­ing the day, when you can feel each ray of the sun beat­ing down on your shoul­ders and reflect­ing off the black pave­ment beneath your san­daled feet, Phuket is just way too hot to do much of any­thing, lest you go sun­bathe by the pool or hang out under and umbrella on the beach. Even that is almost too hot to do.

But at night, when the sun goes down and the tem­per­a­ture along with it, street ven­dors, hawk­ers, bars, restau­rants, and stores light up. Phuket comes alive at night.

Last year on our New Year’s trip to Phuket, I enjoyed a mean fried chicken from the local night mar­ket– one of the best fried chick­ens I’ve ever had. This year I strolled through the mar­ket again.…

And not too sur­pris­ingly, I saw many of the same ven­dors as I did last time.

And though was ver­rrry tempted, because it was close to bed­time, I man­aged to get out of there empty handed (and empty bellied).

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