Maeklong Railway Market

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsi_ItK-j30 – Lily Aster LIM. Uploaded on 17 Jun 2011; 2:29.

“Eight times a day, the shopkeepers have to interrupt their business, quickly pull down the roofs of their shops, drag their goods inside, then stand against their shop fronts breathing in — to let a train go through. That’s right, a train. A big, steel, commuter train travelling quite fast, straight through the middle of the mall. Sound bizarre?”

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A blog post that describes the travel from Bangkok to Maeklong (read also further about the market): http://tomyamthailand.com/2017/05/28/train-from-bangkok-to-maeklong-railway-market/

Another Blog here: Southeast Asia Traveler: The Market Where a Train Runs Through – Youtube Star Thailand

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