Showing posts with label Maeklong Train Market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maeklong Train Market. Show all posts

Maeklong Train Market



70 km west of Bangkok lies the Maeklong Train Market, a favorite spot with train spotters. Here the traders will go about doing their business next to a railway line. The market is popular with locals who want fresh produce at an affordable price.


However 8 times in a day, the seemingly organized situation in the market will abruptly change whenever a train from Bangkok arrives.


Traders have learnt to adapt to the trains and they have adapted some clever improvisation to their make-shift stalls. Wheels are attached to the table and canopies are fixed with removable bamboo poles to allow a quick escape from disaster when the train chugs alongside within inches from their stalls.