This fantastic Bahasa Malaysia amateur video (with English subtitles) shows what it’s like to travel by train through Thailand. The first segment focusses on Mae Klong Train Market which is literally on the train tracks of the station. I hear Southeast Asia calling again. Segment 1 (4:06 min)
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on Jul 24th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Linked to: Mae Klong – Train Market of Thailand – shapeshift.net
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 7:20 am
that was crazy how the train came right through the market… the train passes and things quickly return to normal! nice musical selections in the background too.
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 8:23 am
It’s amazing how smooth and easy things happen when the train passes by… It’s as if it’s no big thing at all.
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
wow, i’ve never seen anything like that market on the tracks…I first thought the market might be for the train passengers…
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Nice video! But the voice doesnt sound like Thai…what language is it?
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Huh, I thought it was in Thai. Whoever knows the language, please let us know…. At first I thought the tracks are not used any more…
on Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:39 pm
The language is Indonesian or Malay. Both languages are very similar but you can easily tell one from the other by the way ‘r’ is pronounced. Like the Americans, Indonesians roll their ‘r’.
I have never seen a train market either. I wonder how many times the train passes through here. You gotta love SE Asia for such quirks!
on Aug 2nd, 2009 at 9:14 am
Alright! thanks for clearing up the mystery, Chaun…
It is in Asia that tries to maximize every little thing, something that we can all learn from.
on Aug 4th, 2009 at 12:54 am
I might add that this is in Bahasa Malaysia, not Bahasa Indonesia. Bahasa means language.