I had the experience of going to a local village just out of Chiang Mai and watching a friend get a traditional Thai Tattoo. It was not a machine drawn by some hippie want to be, in a night market - but one done by a former monk in a private house. The tattoo was applied by a long bamboo stick and a couple of needles attached to the end dipped in ink and speared into the skin.

Baan Noi, moo 1, Doi Saket, Chiang Mai
www.northernthailand.com/tattoos

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It is a lesser know local market that is created on Saturday nights by closing a street just out of Chiang Mai gate. It is open from about 5pm till 11pm and has lots of unique items that are only found there.

The real treat is that it is for locals more than westerners so you can people watch and enjoy the Thai people without being hassled by vendors like at a night bazaar but they have enough English to get understood.

It is not so big that you feel lost or overcrowded but enough to fill the evening with things to see.
Many of the local day stores are open late from shops selling handmade silver to a wedding boutique that has Thai and western wedding dresses - so lots to see.

Wualai road in the heart of the Silver treet area, just outside the Chiang Mai gate.

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