Thai Market

Thailand - the country is so fantastic that some of the phenomena faced by travelers-Europeans may seem they simply absurdnymi.

For example, the market Maeklong, located 37 kilometers west of Bangkok. At first glance, it is a regular Asian market where you can buy a variety of exotic fruits, herbs, spices, seafood ... However, looking more closely, you will notice that the dealers exhibit their products directly on the rails!

Railway in this place quite lively, trains pass through the market seven times a day, every day seven days a week. On the approach of a train siren alerts the customer is always: traders immediately removed the goods and covered stalls. Of course, the composition moves from the minimum speed of about 15 km per hour to avoid possible accidents.

Immediately after the train passed, the market comes to life again, as if nothing at all had happened. At the logical question of why not to move trade to another location, the locals formed an obvious answer: the market there has been for centuries, and a railway line built in 1905 godu.

The Thais call this market «Talad Rom Hoop Market», which literally means "the market sheds sinking" because sellers several times a day are forced to cover their tovar.

Of course, in Thailand may be surprised not only the "rail" markets. Will impress the most discerning traveler explosions of rockets at the festival Bun Bang Fai, surprise snake charmers in the village of Ban Kok Sa-Nga, a floating cinema «Archipelago Cinema» and did destroy all the stereotypes about what should be the rest!

Source: www.kulturologia.ru/blogs/291212/17588/