Market
Chaweng Night Market
Beachfront evening market of street food, crafts and souvenir stalls, waking nightly at sunset.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Chaweng Night Market in Koh Samui follows a small gold statue that sits on almost every stall counter: Nang Kwak, the beckoning goddess of Thai commerce. It traces her legend back to a merchant's daughter in ancient India and the two monks whose blessing supposedly changed her family's fortune, then follows the custom across centuries into a beachfront market that only wakes at sunset. You'll notice which vendors keep her closest to the till, and which reach for her before the smoke off the satay grills even starts rising.
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