Central Thailand region · the offbeat side of Samut Songkhram.
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A vast sandbar at the mouth of the Mae Klong River, famous for its colonies of razor clams — at low tide locals wade out to harvest them, and a strip of seafood shacks serves the catch within metres of where it was dug.
A small Ayutthaya-era ordination hall completely swallowed by the roots of four enormous banyan and bodhi trees — the living wood now forms the temple's outer walls, with a Buddha image glowing in the green gloom inside.
A produce market built directly on active train tracks: eight times a day a train rolls through at walking pace, vendors snap their awnings back in seconds, and the stalls re-open before the last carriage has passed.
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