Wow! Very interesting. I would assume the train track was there and the “market” grew up beside it. (I mean how could they build the track with the shops already there - very messy.)
So, do you know where this was taken? How amazing that people would not only build soooo close to the track - but embrace the track and open and shut to it’s rythmn as if it were the ocean tide ebbing and flowing. Was there no place else for them to build?
When do I build my life too close to the tracks?
you got me on this one - I’ll be thinking about it as I go to sleep tonight. thx.
The video is still available on my computer - try refreshing the page or double clicking on the video to get to the YouTube page and see if either of those work?
Now the annoying thing is that I heard about this fairly recently. Was it in China? I can’t really remember.
Of course, travelling on a train in a developing country is much more fun than being squashed onto a British train. You constantly get people selling stuff (at least you do in Egypt and India where I have been on trains, I don’t know about elsewhere).
I haven’t been to any developing countries so I don’t know what trains are like there. Sometimes we get colorful characters on the local El trains (the ’subway’ except a lot of it is elevated hence the name) who interact with the other passengers in a variety of ways and receive a variety of responses.
Comment by: Elane
1 08/15/08 9:12 PM | Comment Link |Wow! Very interesting. I would assume the train track was there and the “market” grew up beside it. (I mean how could they build the track with the shops already there - very messy.)
So, do you know where this was taken? How amazing that people would not only build soooo close to the track - but embrace the track and open and shut to it’s rythmn as if it were the ocean tide ebbing and flowing. Was there no place else for them to build?
When do I build my life too close to the tracks?
you got me on this one - I’ll be thinking about it as I go to sleep tonight. thx.
Comment by: Pops
2 08/16/08 5:31 AM | Comment Link |AAAAAAAAARRRGGGGGGGGH!
We’re sorry but this video is no longer available.
Ah well!
Hiya Helen, glad to see you back.
Lots of love!
Pops
Comment by: Helen
3 08/16/08 6:24 AM | Comment Link |Hi Pops, thanks for the welcome back!
The video is still available on my computer - try refreshing the page or double clicking on the video to get to the YouTube page and see if either of those work?
Comment by: Beth Patterson
4 08/16/08 12:31 PM | Comment Link |It has to be in a 3rd world country–where else would humans be so accepting of what ‘is’?
Great video–thanks!
Sounds like you had a great time in the Isles…
Glad to see you back here, though!
Comment by: Helen
5 08/17/08 8:13 AM | Comment Link |Beth, yes, I think it must be a third world country. Here there would be tons of rules about not having a market on a train track.
Yes, I had a great time, thanks. Thanks for the welcome back!
Comment by: joe
6 08/19/08 12:25 PM | Comment Link |Now the annoying thing is that I heard about this fairly recently. Was it in China? I can’t really remember.
Of course, travelling on a train in a developing country is much more fun than being squashed onto a British train. You constantly get people selling stuff (at least you do in Egypt and India where I have been on trains, I don’t know about elsewhere).
Comment by: Helen
7 08/20/08 6:24 AM | Comment Link |Hi Joe, I don’t know where this took place.
I haven’t been to any developing countries so I don’t know what trains are like there. Sometimes we get colorful characters on the local El trains (the ’subway’ except a lot of it is elevated hence the name) who interact with the other passengers in a variety of ways and receive a variety of responses.
Comment by: joe
8 08/20/08 10:25 AM | Comment Link |(apparently the video is taken in Bangkok)