Open-air food stalls are an integral part of Thai culture and provide some of the best street food, which is hard to find outside of the country.
Freshly boiled corn on the cob sold in Bangla Street Market at Patong in Phuket, Thailand. Patong’s hawker stalls sell a vast array of food, with simple, clean flavours of raw vegetables, grilled meats and fresh fruit shining through the spicy and sour flavours in Thailand’s famously delicious street food.
A tour operator at her counter awaits customers in Bangla Street at Patong, Phuket, Thailand.
Bars full of hookers operate along a whole street, Bang La (Bangla), from where interested visitors take these girls home for an evening. Thailand has an easy approach to hookers working in bars. The bars are restricted to specific areas and form a small but popular, and obvious, part of Thailand’s tourism.
Bangla Street comes alive after sunset every day at Patong, Phuket. The road becomes a 400-metre-long festival of neon lights, loud music and cheap beer. It is a friendly and lively place to walk around as bars and clubs compete with each other.
The Bangla Street food market comes alive after sunset every day at Patong, Phuket, Thailand. The road is closed to vehicular traffic and is jammed most nights of the year, with people walking about and bars and clubs competing with one another.
The Bangla Street food market in Patong, Phuket, Thailand. Closed to vehicular traffic, it is a friendly and lively place to walk around in.
Barbequed scorpion on Bangla Street food market in Patong, Phuket, Thailand.
Lady selling curios in the Bangla Street food market
Crocodile meat being grilled in Bangla Street food market, Patong, Phuket, Thailand.
A girl carrying a placard to solicit customers on Bangla Street, Phuket, Thailand.
A tourist poses for photos with ladyboys on Bangla Street, Phuket, Thailand. A significant number of Thais consider ladyboys as belonging to a third sex.
A girl carrying a placard advertising a sex show in Bangla Street, Phuket, Thailand.
A woman carrying a placard for a sex show in Bangla Street, Patong, Thailand.
A vendor selling Christmas curios on Bangla Street, Phuket, Thailand.