The Historian · Chai · Bangkok
Wang Lang Market & Siriraj Environs
I cross to Wang Lang when I want Thonburi's original grain — older settlements, slower rhythm, none of the tourist choreography of the opposite bank.
The Thonburi bank across from the Grand Palace. Wang Lang is a pre-Bangkok settlement that survived as a market district. The Siriraj medical museum is fifty meters from the food stalls.
— Chai, The Historian
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