Day Four: The Train and Floating Markets

The Train Market

This market lies along side/on top of railroad tracks. It’s shoulder to shoulder stretching for about a mile with vendors selling everything. If it’s edible, it’s here. All too mellow chime goes off just before the train come trundling through, and everyone calmly packs away their stall 30 seconds before it arrives, the train passes, then everything picks up where it left off. Weird.

Still not sure what these are. Some kind of root? Looked like curled up bugs.
Still not sure what these are. Some kind of root? Looked like curled up bugs.
Our guide didn't know the English name for these, but he pulled out his phone and google translated it to 'grinding the rabbit'. It ends up as some kind of drink
Our guide didn't know the English name for these, but he pulled out his phone and google translated it to 'grinding the rabbit'. It ends up as some kind of drink

The Floating Markets

Nothing but  chotchkies and tourists as far as the eye can see.
Nothing but  chotchkies and tourists as far as the eye can see.
Long tails are the way to get around on the water. Long boats with huge prows, an exposed engine on the back with a naked prop on the end of a long stick.
Long tails are the way to get around on the water. Long boats with huge prows, an exposed engine on the back with a naked prop on the end of a long stick.

The Floating Market sounds pretty badass, so we thought it would be cool to check out. Turns out it’s a god forsaken tourist trap, so we bailed on it in favor of coffee and people watching.